Part of the magic of The River was the masterful combination of emotional, spiritually meaningful songs placed right alongside the garage rockers and party anthems. But hey, this isn’t to say that there’s no emotion involved in the latter. You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the InnocentRead More

Saxophonist, composer, musical educator, and radio show host Tom Tallitsch keeps busy wearing a variety of hats all revolving around his love of music and the love of sharing his knowledge about it to others. Every couple of years since 2005, he’s been sharing music by making a record, andRead More

Hank III often gets the credit for reviving the traditional country sound. Though he obviously doesn’t have as noticeable a country name, the true godfather of the neo-traditionalist movement might be Wayne “The Train” Hancock. You May Also Like: Why I Avoided Herbie Hancock’s Triumphant ‘River: The Joni Letters’ ForRead More

There’s really no telling how many great Steely Dan recordings fell to the cutting room floor, as Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were notoriously picky.

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You don’t have to go too far back before the concept of “community” morphs into something completely different from current ideas. Much of this can be attributed to the Internet You May Also Like: Sorrows – ‘Bad Times Good Times’ (2010): On Second Thought

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, a hot and heavy Mod revival occurred in England. Instigated by the vision of the Jam, the scene may have been fertile, but the majority of participants proved to be pale imitations of their hip forefathers of the previous decade like the Who,Read More

The multi-talented reedist Gebhard Ullmann splits his time between his native Berlin and New York but more impressively, he also splits his time leading or co-leading no less than eight workings bands You May Also Like: Scott DuBois – Autumn Wind (2017)

Dar Williams might be one of the few singer-songwriters around who could take the age-old fables surrounding Zeus and Aphrodite, and smartly connect them to our current state of affairs. You May Also Like: How Warren Zevon Found Drunken Brilliance With Hindu Love Gods Denny Zeitlin, with Buster Williams +Read More

This question goes way back, but is still relevant in 2012: Who’s the better musician — a jazz or classical player? I remember talking to someone, about someone, and the cat asking: Is he jazz or legit? You May Also Like: Max Moran, jazz bassist: Something Else! Interview