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Chalked up Reviews An online publication dedicated to covering the music scene. Our goal is to bring short and graded reviews to keep your homework to a minimum.

We focus specifically on: Blues, Classical, Country, Jazz, New Age, Pop, Rock and World.

In an age where piano trios focus on a wide range, from cerebral to abstract. Pianist and composer Dave Palmer has chose...
19/09/2025

In an age where piano trios focus on a wide range, from cerebral to abstract. Pianist and composer Dave Palmer has chosen to reassert the elegance of swing as the language of a jazz piano trio.

In an age where piano trios focus on a wide range, from cerebral to abstract. Pianist and composer Dave Palmer has chosen to reassert the elegance of swing as

Wayne Alpern’s Modern Music, twenty miniatures for solo piano played with clear precision by Steven Beck.
19/09/2025

Wayne Alpern’s Modern Music, twenty miniatures for solo piano played with clear precision by Steven Beck.

Wayne Alpern’s Modern Music, twenty miniatures for solo piano played with clear precision by Steven Beck. The music is a stylistic tour in how a composer

The London Suede have always known that the heart of their art isn’t nostalgia but exploration.
19/09/2025

The London Suede have always known that the heart of their art isn’t nostalgia but exploration.

The London Suede have always known that the heart of their art isn’t nostalgia but exploration. Antidepressants, their eleventh album, continues that journey

Sydney’s merci, mercy makes her debut with Don’t Take It To Heart, an album of thirteen songs written with equal parts c...
19/09/2025

Sydney’s merci, mercy makes her debut with Don’t Take It To Heart, an album of thirteen songs written with equal parts confessional and cathartic, vulnerable yet always pulsing with beats that demand to be moved to.

Sydney’s merci, mercy makes her debut with Don’t Take It To Heart, an album of thirteen songs written with equal parts confessional and cathartic, vulnerable

Dave Sharp’s Worlds Quartet, joined by guitarist/arranger Elden Kelly, delivers a vibrant world music reimagining of Gre...
19/09/2025

Dave Sharp’s Worlds Quartet, joined by guitarist/arranger Elden Kelly, delivers a vibrant world music reimagining of Gregg Hill’s compositions on Catalyst: The Music of Gregg Hill.

Dave Sharp’s Worlds Quartet, joined by guitarist/arranger Elden Kelly, delivers a vibrant world music reimagining of Gregg Hill’s compositions on Catalyst:

Octoberman’s Chutes opens with a line that serves as the compass for the album: “It’s hard to know just how to grow old....
19/09/2025

Octoberman’s Chutes opens with a line that serves as the compass for the album: “It’s hard to know just how to grow old.”

Octoberman’s Chutes opens with a line that serves as the compass for the album: “It’s hard to know just how to grow old.” In that instant, Marc Morrissette,

French chamber music of the early 20th century stands as a dialogue between tradition and renewal.
19/09/2025

French chamber music of the early 20th century stands as a dialogue between tradition and renewal.

French chamber music of the early 20th century stands as a dialogue between tradition and renewal. In Ravel & Fauré: String Quartets, Quartetto Noûs

Reneé Rapp throws the doors wide open and struts in like she owns the room, spilling charisma in every direction on her ...
19/09/2025

Reneé Rapp throws the doors wide open and struts in like she owns the room, spilling charisma in every direction on her album, BITE ME.

Reneé Rapp throws the doors wide open and struts in like she owns the room, spilling charisma in every direction on her album, BITE ME. Where Snow Angel kept

“In Plain Sight” arrives as the lead taste of Khalid’s 2025 album After The Sun Goes Down, setting the tone for what pro...
19/09/2025

“In Plain Sight” arrives as the lead taste of Khalid’s 2025 album After The Sun Goes Down, setting the tone for what promises to be his most direct and emotionally unfiltered project yet.

“In Plain Sight” arrives as the lead taste of Khalid’s 2025 album After The Sun Goes Down, setting the tone for what promises to be his most direct and

Buckcherry returns with a Roar Like Thunder. This is a set of ten snarling, riff-slinging songs that punches in hard and...
19/09/2025

Buckcherry returns with a Roar Like Thunder. This is a set of ten snarling, riff-slinging songs that punches in hard and doesn’t let up.

Buckcherry returns with a Roar Like Thunder. This is a set of ten snarling, riff-slinging songs that punches in hard and doesn’t let up. But what elevates it

Deborah Silver’s Basie Rocks!, is an ambitious jazz experiment that revitalizes the classic practice of jazz artists ada...
19/09/2025

Deborah Silver’s Basie Rocks!, is an ambitious jazz experiment that revitalizes the classic practice of jazz artists adapting contemporary hits into their own swinging idioms.

Deborah Silver's Basie Rocks!, is an ambitious jazz experiment that revitalizes the classic practice of jazz artists adapting contemporary hits into their own

“Kalabancoro” is a single by Ginton, Richard Bona, and Salif Keita that plays like a reverent conversation between gener...
19/09/2025

“Kalabancoro” is a single by Ginton, Richard Bona, and Salif Keita that plays like a reverent conversation between generations, landscapes, and rhythms.

“Kalabancoro” is a single by Ginton, Richard Bona, and Salif Keita that plays like a reverent conversation between generations, landscapes, and rhythms. Built

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Chalked Up Reviews is an online publication dedicated to covering the music scene with a strong focus on independent talent. Our goal is to bring short and graded reviews to keep your homework to a minimum. We focus specifically on: Blues, Classical, Country, Jazz, New Age, Pop, Rock and World.