Music Reviews

Sam Baker's Say Grace is his fourth album since he started making them in 2004, at age 50. Chrislyn Lawrence/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Robin Thicke on the cover of Blurred Lines. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Orrin Evans. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

John Surman, Mike Osborne and Alan Skidmore were all saxophonists and teamed up in 1973 to form the short-lived trio S.O.S. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

King Krule's debut album, 6 Feet Beneath The Moon, comes out August 24 — the day he turns 19. Jamie-James Medina/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A new collection of Brahms and Mozart recordings by the Stuyvesant Quartet from 1947 conveys a kind of inward grace. Jay Shulman /Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Rapsody's She Got Game will be available as a free mixtape at Datpiff.com on August 20. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Valerie June. Susan Riddle Duke Photography/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Shawana Kemp, lead singer for Shine and the Moonbeams. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Record producer Huey Meaux wound up in jail twice, but he sure had a knack for finding talent in unlikely places. Some of those songs are included on South Texas Rhythm 'n' Soul Revue. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

The band Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is leading the revival of an old Italian folk style called taranta, which has hypnotic rhythms meant to have restorative powers. Daniela Cardone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Buddy Guy's new two-disc set is titled Rhythm & Blues. Courtesy of the artist hide caption