Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we’ve come to expect from Blake, his production choices are lush and refined as ever. The panning synth noise and formant ...

There's not a huge need to embellish with this music. It's driven by the beauty of the melodies and good, danceable rhythms. “There’s not a huge need to embellish with this music,” the leader says of ...

Bassman; Body and Soul; Another Level; Lift Every Voice and Sing; Grace Ann; Appointment; Song for Maya; La Conga de Juana; April's Fool. The term "scratch band" refers to a tradition of folk music, ...