HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

INTERVIEW Charles Lloyd: I’m going to sing my song anyway A spiritual man is blowing his horn to try to save the world, Roger Mitchell discovers CHASING Charles Lloyd is like grabbing at the tail of a cloud. You can barely grasp his idea before the alert 72-year-old saxophonist and flautist has floated away to a new insight. “I’m a dreamer. I’m born into the … Continue reading HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

HERE — ROB BURKE & TONY GOULD

CD REVIEW ROB Bourke and Tony Gould say in the liner notes that they want the listener to be “challenged” and to understand that every note has a reason for existing. But their third album as a duo — after 1996’s Gateway and 1999’s Tin Roof for Rain — is an easy challenge, with carefully crafted explorations into the melodic beauty, space, timbre and dynamic … Continue reading HERE — ROB BURKE & TONY GOULD