Today's Top Tune

Luminary reed man Gary Bartz has been a pioneering figure in progressive Black music, paving the way for a wide variety of artists over the last six decades. For the sixth output on the Jazz Is Dead label, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge join...

The Church’s Jeffrey Cain, a.k.a. Iris Doe, was on tour when he heard the news that Fred Cole of the punk band Dead Moon had passed. A huge fan, Cain sat with sorrow and came up with a tribute called “A Miss of You.”

Rosie Tucker’s “Habanero” is a spicy indie morsel with hints of Liz Phair and Aimee Mann sprinkled throughout. Turn up this perfect sing-along companion from a wry LA-based singer-songwriter.

Celestial musician Carlos Niño is the connective tissue that weaves throughout many musical worlds in the Southland. New work is on the way, including this free-form jazz piece recorded and titled after the outlet founded by the late master drummer...

Habits are hard to break, especially when you’re still feeling the ache of a love gone south. Those old patterns and ways of being just didn’t fit Nashville-based songwriter Madi Diaz anymore, leaving her the freedom to explore new ways of being...

Do you like Brandi Carlile? How about Yola? Well, both artists are championing Nashville-based Allison Russell. A founding member of the folk outfit Our Native Daughters alongside uber-talents Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Leyla McCalla,...

Dante Schwebel gained notoriety fronting the San Antonio band Hacienda and performing with the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. Nuevo is Schwebel’s latest project, inspired by the Tex-Mex sound that surrounded his youth in Laredo, Texas. “Querido”...

When Joey Pecoraro’s “Train, Cold, Snow” begins, you freefall into what sounds like dialogue from an old-time radio play or outtakes from the film “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Crickets chirp, lovers swoon, and piano dazzles, paving the way...

Sophia Kenney left her homebase in Baltimore to study film in Germany, and ended up composing for theater as she searched to find her own voice. Well, Kennedy succeeded. “I Can See You” is an opulent gem that shimmers with glittery krautrock...

He may not be a household name, but Rogér Fakhr is regarded as a genius mythical figure in Lebanese music. A talented sideman and guitarist that worked with many artists, including the the most famous singer in the Arab world Fairuz, Fahkr’s own...