Tom Henry

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Tom Henry

NEW VIENNA: AT THE MUSIKVEREIN, 2016Keith Jarrett. ECM Records. Keith Jarrett turned 80 on May 8, but it’s not his age that’s holding him back. It’s his health. He has had two strokes since 2018, and isn’t likely to perform again. He hasn’t performed in public since his 2017 concert at Carnegie Hall. Most avid Jarrett fans, myself included, have known the above for a while.

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Tom Henry

One of the most highly-regarded jazz pianists to come out of Toledo is returning to his hometown for a show at Lucille’s Jazz Lounge on Friday. Larry Fuller will perform with his acclaimed trio for the first time there since it made its initial appearance at Lucille’s on April 24, 2022. The trio’s stop is part of a Midwest tour that includes St. Louis and Chicago. They’ll be performing on the West Coast and in the Southern states of Florida and South Carolina after that.

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | Tom Henry

Another major step toward keeping algal toxins out of tap water could be on its way. It won’t be in the form of a high-tech buoy or an expensive upgrade to a water-treatment plant. It will be with an experimental forecasting method announced Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Tom Henry

MONTPELIER, Ohio — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency revealed at a public hearing Wednesday night that it has drafted a permit to allow up to 4.4 million gallons of treated effluent from a genetically modified salmon operation into the east branch of the St. Joseph River someday, even though it hasn’t assessed the existing quality of that waterway for 12 years.

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | Tom Henry

AUGUST MOONAllison August. MoMojo Records. West Coast-based singer Allison August has a cool, easygoing, storytellin’ vibe to it, akin to what I’ve come to admire in blues-rock-pop greats such as Bonnie Raitt. It’s not an apples-to-apples comparison, of course, but there are similarities in August’s vocal texture, her pitch, her delivery, and her style.