The beginning of Blair Johnston’s profile of Pablo Casals at AllMusic offers this quote from the Spanish cellist: [T]he life of a single child is worth more to...
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It is great that the 125th anniversary of Leadbelly’s birth is being commemorated with a five CD boxed set from the Smithsonian and a Kennedy Center...
Perhaps the most fun thing about editing The Daily Music Break is running into music that I’ve never heard before. It’s all over the map. Some is...
A Conversation with Larry Kirwan: . Larry Kirwan has been around the literary and music worlds – both in the United States and Ireland — for quite some...
Music in general is an acquired taste. Progressive rock, perhaps, is more so. Among prog rock bands, none are higher profile or more challenging on the ears...
Jazz/blues organist Jimmy Smith was born in Norristown, PA, in 1925 or 1928 — there is some uncertainty on the date. He was able to put instrumental...
Miley Cyrus’ cover of Paul Simons “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” is from Saturday Night Live’s 40th Anniversary Special that aired Feb...
Joan Armatrading has had a long and varied career. She was born in St. Kitts in 1950 and moved to Birmingham, England when she was very young. Profiles at...
A life well played and, by all accounts, well lived. There is a tremendous amount of great video of Clark Terry on YouTube. Please check it out. Above is...
[column size=one_half position=first ][/column] [column size=one_half position=last ]It is possible to explore the link between music and healing in two ways...
