Best Music of 2015

Strange Currency--hosted by Jedd Beaudoin--airs six nights a week from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on KMUW, bringing you new releases, old favorites and forgotten…

It's a big world and this year it got bigger, thanks both to the growing number of stations around the country and the world who air Global Village, and…

It was a strong year for new blues albums across virtually every style - from roots to blues rock to acoustic to soul blues to sacred steel inspired work.…

Pessimists may say jazz is losing ground, but certainly not in terms of artistic vibrancy, diversity, and sheer beauty. This year's releases offered a…

For the most part, music biographies only have so much charm. Many tend to be rather plodding, with dull as dishwater writing to drag things down a bit…

Los Lobos: Dream In Blue by Chris Morris (University of Texas Press)Chris Morris provides a critical study of Los Lobos that reveals things even hardcore…