Tenor sax player Stanley Turrentine, a native of Pittsburgh, lived from 1934 to 2000. Wikipedia’s profile notes that his career began in what it terms...
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The guitar hero superman started with Jimi Hendrix and continues today. There is a long list of great ones: Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Leslie West...
Sometimes, things come together nicely without an individual trying too hard to do anything. A case in point: A couple of weeks ago, The Daily Music Break...
Laura Marling still is young – she was born in 1990 – but has created quite a resume. Her first (2008), second (2010) and fourth (2013) albums were nominated...
There were a lot of songs released in 1966 that we still hear every day on the radio. Indeed, it’s a hall of fame type thing: Simon and Garfunkel (“Sounds of...
Sometimes, lesser known musicians are responsible for direction that music takes. Anderson Meade Lewis – better known as Meade Lux Lewis (the “Lux” is a...
In a sense, Asleep at the Wheel can be defined as an ongoing tribute to the western swing music made famous by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. It is a...
Last week The Daily Music Break posted about Guy Davis. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes chatting with him. Please check out our...
Jimmy C. Newman, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday today, was an important crossover artist. The bridge was an interesting one, but not completely...
My good friend MC Antil, who was nice enough to let me repost some of his insightful music commentary (here and here), this week posted a great appreciation of...
