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Outhentic – Transparent
8/10 Sometimes, you don’t know what you need in life until it gets tossed your way in the form of a Bucketlist review request. In other words, I’ve gotta thank Bulgarian, trad-jazz foursome Outhentic for […]
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Jelly Cleaver – The Dream Jazz Manifesto
8.5/10 I love album titles that perfectly describe the music that you’re in for; The Dream Jazz Manifesto is exactly that, dreamy jazz music. Though jazz music can often come with the “pretentious” tag, I […]
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Poseidon’s Alley – Poseidon’s Alley
7/10 On the 2018 self-titled debut from Poseidon’s Alley, Los Angeles-based composer Tim Herscovitch leads the listener through uncharted territories where Dream Theatre and Kavinsky meet. There is something warm and familiar here. I can’t […]
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Filippo Dall Asta – Mediterasian
10/10 Tag lined as “Gypsy Jazz Meets Indian Music,” Italian native Filippo Dall Asta’s Mediterasian is exactly what I needed in the midst of a cold, dark and dreary Canadian winter. Raised in Italy and […]
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Anne Stine – Company of Now
10/10 Coming from the American Midwest, Anne Stine delivers some of the emotions one might feel while sitting under the open indie skies. Company of Now strolls delicately through your ears and floats comfortably down […]
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George Crotty and Kirk Starkey – Vidi Aquam
8/10 If you can imagine what birds chirping outside a factory during the industrial revolution might sound like, then you can imagine what George Crotty and Kirk Starkey’s Vidi Aquam is like. This three-track record, […]
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Ostrich Bouquet – On Time, as Usual
9/10 Ostrich Bouquet is a psychedelic post-rock melange from Montreal. Their debut EP, On Time, as Usual, was released in November 2017. The seven-track EP is as smooth a listen as you can get, mixing […]
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Ninjaspy – Spüken
9/10 Ninjaspy is the trio of Parent brothers Joel, Tim, and Adam AKA The Triad of Blood. Formed in Port Coquitlam, BC and based out of Vancouver, BC, the three blend their wide array of […]
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Anthony Aramouni – Once In A While
8/10 Have you ever heard a vocalist so good that you wished you were a better singer? Or, a guitarist that plays so smooth that you want to do nothing but lock yourself in a […]
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San James – No One Changes Over Night
7/10 San James (a.k.a. Marilyse Senécal) is a pop and smooth jazz project from Montreal that should be able to ease even the most tightly wound human being. After releasing two singles throughout the year, […]