Peter Wolf's "A Cure for Loneliness," just his third solo album since 2002, is a mostly laid-back effort reverberating with thoughtful country tones. Wolf has kept the bar high since "Long Line,"...

Ben Harper is back with the best band he's ever sung with, delivering strong new material with a group that has always known when to play hard and when to hang back. Coming on the heels of a 2015...

Sturgill Simpson defies categorization, and exceeds expectations, with "A Sailor's Guide to Earth," an exploration of life's journey inspired by the birth of his first child. Simpson funks up his...

The twice (and future?) Kiss guitarist has put his other-worldly spin on classic rock anthems he grew up on, including legendary tracks from Creem ("White Room;") Steppenwolf ("Magic Carpet Ride;")...

  One of Jamaica's most underrated yet diverse and creative lyricists, Assassin A.K.A. Agent Sasco releases his first studio album in almost a decade. In a transition from dancehall,...

Iggy Pop rocks and shocks on "Post Pop Depression," evoking his 1977 peak achieved with David Bowie but enhanced by all he's gone through since. In Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and...

Teddy Thompson's musical influences come from this side of the Atlantic, so his first duets album sounds nothing like the British folk rock produced more than 30 years ago by his parents, Richard and...

Wait, Zayn was in One Direction? You'll ask yourself that question after listening to his solo album. "Mind of Mine" - which comes a year to the day he officially announced he was leaving 1D - is...

Soul singer Anthony Hamilton returns to some of his roots on "What I'm Feelin'," his new studio album. The Grammy-winning singer reunited with longtime producer Mark Batson, who co-wrote and...

The Malta Jazz Festival, which is one of the longest running and most highly acclaimed festivals organised by the Malta Arts Council, is back with a new format under the artistic direction of Sandro...