Album Reviews

It must be satisfying for Trebor Tichenor, the patriarch of the Tichenor Family Five, to see how his love of music is being carried on

It’s funny what love will do.  Absent are the pyrotechnics and the quirky improvisations that have long been her domain, replaced on this disc with lush

Paul Lingle spent most of his life playing for people who didn’t really listen.  From the bars and dime-a-dance joints to the Dixieland band one-nighters and

Being a ragtime reviewer, it is often interesting to see what shows up in my mailbox.  Let me also state right from the get-go that, as

Subtitled “20 Original Piano Solos by Reginald R. Robinson,” this self-produced compact disc is an eclectic mix of rags, tangos, waltzes, a blues, a march

Several years ago when Matthew Davidson released his first ragtime CD, it contained several novelty piano pieces. I was so impressed that I stated publicly

As the director of The Golden Gate Radio Orchestra, Peter Weiglin, says in his eloquent liner notes, “When Radio swept the nation, beginning in the

When I was first learning about ragtime, I kept encountering references to the cakewalk, all of which seemed to assume that the reader already knew

A nice compilation from the 1983-1989 recordings of Henry “thins” Francis, this puts into accessible CD format what was previously only available on vinyl.  Francis is

Brian Keenan shows a wisdom beyond his years.  Not yet 30, he has become a dominant voice in the new ragtime and terra verde field, as

Perhaps I should put my prejudicial disclaimer right up front: I like the way Glenn Jenks plays ragtime. His approach is confident and authoritative, whether