Blossom Dearie was not a superstar, but made a name for herself and had a long and successful career. The unique name wasn’t made up. Margrethe Blossom...
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[column size=one_half position=first]Sam Cooke was among the most important musicians of the middle part of the twentieth century. Cooke – originally Cook –...
[column size=one_half position=first ]Writing at AllMusic, Scott Yanow — a friend of The Daily Music Break — summed up the importance and approach...
[column size=one_half position=first ]John Fahey was an American folk guitarist who lived from 1939 to 2001. He was an eccentric and troubled man who seemed to...
(Photo Øderud) It’s easy to forget just how great the greatest rock and roll band in the world was. The fact that a band built on the image of teen...
[column size=one_half position=first ] Richard Thompson’s career is hard to sum up because it is so long, varied and distinguished. Though he is thought...
[column size=one_half position=first ]Captain Beefheart’s real name was Don Van Vliet. He led a life that makes a chronological profile a great deal of...
[column size=one_half position=first ]Nina Simone’s career tracks the experience of female African American artists during the middle and later part of the...
[column size=one_half position=first ]In the 1920s, jazz just was becoming jazz. One of the key figures in this process was Joseph Nathan (King) Oliver. Oliver...
Sad news. Nobody was a better guitar player than Johnny Winter. One of the things I read today — I forget where — that rings true is that Winter...