Young musical savants make me uncomfortable. The reason is simply that I am worried about the kid: Is he or she being allowed to be a kid, or is it 24/7...
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Here is Cub Koda, writing at AllMusic, on Jimmy Reed: There’s simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and...
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Just great. From 2006.
HT: JH I had never heard of Etta Baker before hearing a clip on Facebook. My loss. She initially reminded me of Elizabeth Cotten, but Baker clearly is unique...
Here is what Jazz Giants says about Hank Mobley: Mobley began playing tenor saxophone as a New Jersey teenager and gained experience in the bands of Max...
The Queen of Soul was born on this day in 1942. Here is more on Ms. Franklin. The great clip above is from the show “The Midnight Special.” It...
I got into a traffic jam–a pretty bad one–on The Long Island Expressway earlier today. This came on WBGO, which is the Newark Public Radio station...
I couldn’t find much on these players. They are tremendous. Above, Kounosuke Saijo plays “Meniana Moca,” which seems to be a Stan Getz song...
This is how the Seratones, who hail from Shreveport, Louisiana: We, the Seratones, are four musicians highly skilled in the art of rocking your socks off...
This is yesterday’s Facebook posting by Neil Ratner, who bills himself as the Rock Doctor. His posting are always fascinating. I knew about the Vivian...
