Doug DeLoach

3 weeks ago | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: I’m With Her Label: Rounder Records June/2025 What started out in 2014 looking like a one-off or short-lived supergroup of Americana singer-songwriters – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins – has blossomed into an ongoing project that consistently produces enlightened, emotionally resonant music.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Doug DeLoach

5 hours agoMorgan Stanley Chairman and Wife Died in Sicily Yacht Sinking. Here’s What Will Happen to His $8.7 Million FortuneMorgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy died in August 2024 when a 183-foot luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Documents associated with the couple reveal what will happen to his multi-million dollar fortune.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Doug DeLoach

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta on May 8, 1910, Mary Lou Williams was one of the most influential jazz musicians in the history of the American art form. Equally gifted as a pianist, composer, arranger and educator, Williams was probably the only jazz musician whose contributions spanned almost the entirety of the genre’s development — from the 1920s until her death in 1981.

2 months ago | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: Reinis Jaunais Label: Reinis Jaunais April/2025 By combining instruments from his native country of Latvia, such as the kolke (a harp/zither relative of Lithuania’s kankle and Finland’s kantele), with locally crafted string and percussion instruments (guitar, tongue drum) augmented by synthesized effects, Reinis Jaunais creates a contemporary context for impressionistic compositions largely inspired by his prolific touring schedule. On...

Jul 17, 2024 | songlines.co.uk | Doug DeLoach

Rating: ★★★★ View album and artist details Artist/band: 9 Horses Label: Adhyâropa Records August/2024 In the words of multi-instrumentalist, teacher and 9 Horses founder Joe Brent, this “record is called Strum because every tune prominently features the sound of a plucked or strummed instrument: mandolins, guitars, basses, banjos, pianos, and including instruments that usually aren’t thought of that way like violins, drums, even people.” Not exactly a fusion-jazz band, chambergrass group or...