By Dan Ouellette, eMusic ContributorFresh from a slot performing songs at Relix magazine, violinist, songwriter and bandleader Jenny Scheinman and her Mischief & Mayhem bandmate guitarist Nels Cline are settled into the living room of her uncle's West Village… more »
By Dan Ouellette, eMusic ContributorRebels all, Jenny Scheinman's elite quartet of improvisers negotiate her eight sinuous and indelibly lyrical originals with carefree joy, jaunty giddiness and plucky valor - creating a delightful jazz/not jazz piece of art that defies… more »
By Peter Blackstock, eMusic ContributorIt's a tribute to leader Jeff Tweedy's enduring commitment to artistic rebirth and reinvention that one could listen to Wilco's 1995 debut A.M. and its Grammy-winning 2004 album A Ghost Is Born back to back… more »
By Peter Blackstock, eMusic ContributorThat Wilco guitarist Nels Cline chose to spotlight the music of noted jazz pianist Andrew Hill on this collection seems fitting: Hill's push-and-pull between his grounding in traditional forms and his insistence in breaking out… more »
By Amelia Raitt, eMusic ContributorAin't digital music great? This excellent trio's radio session was once only available on vinyl — in limited quantities, no less. But now, Wilco's lead guitarist Nels Cline and Seattle improv vets Wally Shoup (alto… more »
By Charles Farrell, eMusic ContributorNels Cline bends idioms about as easily as he does the strings of his guitar. For Out Trios Volume Three, he has, along with longtime collaborators accordionist/keyboardist Andrea Parkins and drummer Tom Rainey, concocted a… more »