No Place Like Home
he music on drummer Matt Slocum’s recent album (Sunnyside) draws inspiration from without—referencing Sufjan Stevens, Irving Berlin, Frédéric Chopin, and Ernest Hemingway—but the project actually finds its core strength through the respite offered within. “I didn’t realize it at first, but when I was looking back through these songs I noticed that they all deal with a sense of home and creative refuge,” Slocum explains. Ultimately, that grounding serves as the through line connecting
