Despite Dixon’s reluctance to play fast and loose with the occult, the songs on Magic, Alive! often feel like spells, with Dixon as the imminently charismatic and capable magician, pulling off dense ...

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At the center of this family jam session is 17-year-old Mason Nevin, a junior at Laurel High School, who plays four kinds of saxophones and is adding more instruments to his repertoire each year ...

Clarinet is on deck for next year. Before Mason was playing the saxophone, his mother was the household's musician. “You can’t help, but just kind of click your fingers and play a scale in ...

The album launches with “Sweet Tooth," a simple but compelling composition that starts with a vamp. Opening melodic statements--with saxophone and trombone playing together over infectious piano and ...

The album launches with “Sweet Tooth," a simple but compelling composition that starts with a vamp. Opening melodic statements--with saxophone and trombone playing together over infectious piano and ...

So it was cool to see it transform.” Prizilla’s set, filled with saxophone, basslines and hypnotic drum grooves, acted as the band’s Gainesville send-off. Its sound bounces with a charming ...