It’s really hard to believe the first sentence of Wikipedia’s profile of Jon Cleary. It says he was born in Kent, England. But it’s Wikipedia, and so it is the...
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HT: EAW At its core, Cuban music relies on “calidos.” That, according to Insight Cuba, refers to “a type of social unification” that...
Barry Ancelet starts his excellent article on Cajun and zydeco with an important — perhaps pivotal — point: The two are different, though deeply...
Check out this very insightful and interesting interview in Rolling Stone of Warren Haynes, who was in The Allman Brothers Band for 25 years. (Haynes also is...
The reason that Puccini is essentially known by only his last name is different than Bono and Cher. In their cases, it is a matter of fame. In his, it’s about...
The relationship of the three reggae giants who emerged from The Wailers — Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — predated the formation of the...
Craig Harris at AllMusic offers a succinct bio of Wild Bill Davis, a of the jazz organ. Davis played the Hammond B3 and, according to Harris, “provided a...
Cream bass player and singer Jack Bruce — actually, John Symon Asher Bruce — would have turned 74 years old on Sunday. This is from Bruce’s...
Here is a great gift idea: R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country, which my brother gave to me for my birthday. The small format book features Crumb’s...
