Branford Marsalis Gallery Spotlight: Boston, MA - Sept. 23, 2009

For New Orleans native and Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis [ tickets ], becoming a jazz musician was almost a foregone conclusion. Alongside siblings Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason, his musical education began early by way of his pianist/teacher father Ellis Marsalis Jr., and was fine-tuned later at the Berklee College of Music. / Read more

Album Review: Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, "Levitate" (Verve Forecast)

Bruce Hornsby [ tickets ]'s return to fronting a rock band is marred by a puzzling inconsistency. While he certainly wants to be seen as having expanded his vocabulary in the 23 years since "The Way It Is," Hornsby expends too much energy copping sonic tricks from hip-hop, Dave Matthews ("Space is the Place"), Radiohead ("Here We Are Again") and the guitar interplay that defined his onetime employer The Grateful Dead. / Read more