Archive for May 22nd, 2014

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Peter Brotzmann, free jazz titan: Something Else! Interview

One of the most influential players in the free jazz scene, Brotzmann remains a force.

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Mike Love still doesn’t get the Beach Boys’ SMiLE: ‘Such weirdness going on’

Several tracks were eventually released, but the bulk went unheard for decades.

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One Track Mind: Sun Ra, “Outer Nothingness” from Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (1965)

He passed on way back in 1993, but the earth – no … the universe – still misses him.

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Richard Pinhas and Oren Ambarchi – Tikkun (2014)

These three extended pieces take minimalism to exotic – and redemptive – places

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Inside the Monkees’ ‘palace revolt’ for artistic freedom: ‘One urban myth that is true’

After an ugly incident at the Beverly Hills Hotel, everything changed.

The Band, “Forbidden Fruit” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

The Band, “Forbidden Fruit” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide

Robbie Robertson joins us to talk about an often-overlooked late-period classic from the Band.