French composer Georges Bizet hit an unfortunate daily double: He died young and his career epitomizes the artist whose work is unappreciated until he is gone...
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Sam Phillips is one of the most important figures in American cultural history. He is a key to the development of rock and roll and was instrumental in the...
A couple of pretty important jazz folks celebrate birthdays this week. Paul Desmond was the alto saxophone player in Dave Brubeck’s Quartet. He wrote...
A Conversation with Marisa Anderson: Marisa Anderson is a great and unique guitarist in her playing, what she writes and her choice of material to cover...
Bruce Eder’s profile of Albert Lee at AllMusic sums it up pretty well. Lee, he writes, is ” who people don’t remember as easily as some of the higher...
This is an odd tribute post. My daughter is a senior at Binghamton University in upstate New York. Early on, our family visited and went with her to a...
One of the fun things about posting old music is that if it survived this long, it’s usually great. Another fun thing is that the videos themselves are...
Editor’s note: Are you a solo performer or in a band? Friends of a band? Do you manage a music act? If so, contact carl@dailymusicbreak.com to discuss...
A Conversation with Nino Arobelidze: I had a very enjoyable conversation about a week ago with Tbilisi, Georgian-born, Chicago-based singer and songwriter Nino...
