Argentinian Daniel Barenboim is a pianist – he is considered one of the greatest alive — and the general music director of La Scala in Milan, the Berlin...
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We were stuck is a pretty nasty traffic jam yesterday on Route 17 approaching the Tappen Zee Bridge in New York returning from my daughter’s college...
The sad news that BB King has passed away was expected. On May 1, he wrote on his Facebook page that he was in hospice care. The New York Times obituary...
All About Jazz reports that the very important clarinet and saxophone player Sidney Bechet was born on May 14, 1897. He died — also on May 14 — in...
Sometimes things work out perfectly. Yesterday the song title “Shine On, Harvest Moon” popped into my head. It’s a classic, great song...
There is no way to prove this, of course, but it seems safe to say that no war was as closely tied to the popular music of its era than Vietnam. What we know...
The importance critics and fans ascribe to Kraftwerk is startling. Consider this, via Wikipedia: According to The Observer, “no other band since the...
Joan Chandos Báez – Joan Baez — is a big topic. Since everyone knows her and holds an opinion, it ironically makes it less necessary to go into details...
Elvin Bishop hardly has blues roots. He was born in Glendale, CA and lived near Elliott, IA until he was ten, when his family moved to Tulsa. His community was...
Country Music Television notes that today would have been the 73rd birthday of country music star Tammy Wynette. Here is more on Wynette, who was known as the...
