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20 Jun 2025
Album Review: Pete Ham – Acoustic
The cache of previously unheard Badfinger-related music seems to never end. And far from that being a complaint; it’s all greeted with appreciation here. But it’s still fascinating that more […]
19 Jun 2025
Album Review: Charles Mingus – In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts
A landmark musician and composer, Charles Mingus is among the most important artists in jazz, and in music overall. Yet those without deep knowledge of his work tend to place […]
18 Jun 2025
Album Review: Peter Holsapple – The Face of 68
I’m on record – at least I think I am – that for me, the greatest present-day lyricist is none other than Peter Holsapple. While he’s lent his considerable talents […]
17 Jun 2025
Hundred-(plus)-word Reviews for June 2025: Rock/Pop
I launched my hundred-word review format years ago as both a way to provide coverage to deserving music and as an exercise in concise writing. This go-round I stick to […]
16 Jun 2025
30 Days Out, June 2025 #2: The Aquabats, Mercy in the Mountains, Pleasure Chest, Steel Puls
There’s a lighthearted spin to some of what’s on musicwise in the coming thirty days. But the schedule is leavened with a fundraiser to help locally in the ongoing wake […]
13 Jun 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2025: Jazz
More of my capsule reviews. Five great new jazz releases this time. Daggerboard & Erik Jekabson Orchestra – The Axes Volume II Daggerboard is one of the most fascinating jazz […]
12 Jun 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for June 2025: Blues
Capsule reviews of some very worthy new releases. This go-round is all blues, to coin a phrase. Janiva Magness – Back for Me Award-winning blues diva Janiva Magness is the […]
11 Jun 2025
Music Blurbs, Vol. 12
Billy Joel and Sting The “One Night – One Stage” Tour features a rare pairing of two of popular music’s biggest stars. Billy Joel came to fame in the early […]
10 Jun 2025
Book Review: ‘Krautrock Eruption’ by Wolfgang Seidel
The term krautrock is a fraught one. The label – applied to a type of music – carries a whiff of bigotry, as “kraut” was a pejorative slur used to […]
09 Jun 2025
Five Pop Songs Bearing the Influence of Ravi Shankar
Academy Award nominee and four-time Grammy winner Ravi Shankar was a sitar virtuoso, and one of the most important figures in Indian classical music. Born in India in 1920, Shankar […]