It’s fitting that Keyon Harrold’s Blue Note performance came on Sunday, September 24th. That was the day that dozens of NFL players protested not only injustice, but a […]
MUSIC: Laurin Talese – Love Poems
A jazz vocalist’s foundational skill lies in the ability to not simply sing, but to interpret a song. Outside of the classical genre, few audiences are as discriminating […]
MUSIC: Leron Thomas feat Bilal – Role Play
Leron Thomas may make most of his bread and butter playing jazz trumpet but he’s someone who doesn’t let himself be put in any kind of box. You […]
MUSIC: Bilal – Satellites
While Bilal burst through the mainstream with his credits all over Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly anyone who’d been paying attention to soul music knows he’s been […]
MUSIC: Otis Brown III – The Thought Of You Pt 1 (feat Bilal)
Modern journeyman jazz drummer Otis Brown III set to drop his debut album The Thought Of You on September 23rd via Revive/Blue Note. Considering his chops he would […]
EVENT PREVIEW: Art of Cool Music Festival
When you hear of Durham, NC, you probably think of big tobacco or its reputation as a hotbed for college basketball. The people behind The Art of […]
LIVE: Giant Step x Red Bull Sound Selects presents…Thundercat
35mm Film Photography by @alxmyo By now we all should know Thundercat, the genre-bending electric bass player of the Los Angeles based Brainfeeder camp. Frequent collaborator with the […]
LIVE: 8th Annual DC Loves Dilla Tribute Show
There was a storm brewing outside of the Howard Theatre the night of the 8th Annual DC Loves Dilla show, but inside the theatre there was nothing but […]
PLAYLIST: The Baker’s Dozen – My Favorites of 2013 So Far
Welcome to the first installment of The Baker’s Dozen, a feature in which I will deliver a playlist of some of the things I’ve been listening to lately […]
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Bilal at Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore/DC)
We like to spread love here at Couch Sessions, so we are giving away 2 pairs of tickets to Bilal’s release concert for his latest album, A Love […]