Levon Helm: So Real It Makes You Believe (One Year Later)
Sean MurphyThere are probably countless ways to talk about what makes a particular artist compelling, and...
RUSH HOUR
4/18/2003: today is the day mein froinds! Rush is officially inducted into the Rock and...
Herbie Hancock: IN THE HOUSE
The coolness of Herbie Hancock is a topic I’ve grappled with on at least a...
Rashanim: Healing Music for Unrighteous Times (Revisited)
4/16/2013: After yesterday’s horrific reminder of the depths we are willing to sink, as humans,...
Five Songs for April 15
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John Zorn at 60
I’ve written a great deal about John Zorn (in some detail here and here, and his...
Time Stand Still: Why Rush Belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
First things first. Just because Rush is finally getting inducted into the Rock and Roll...
The Iron Maiden
As far as I’m concerned, this was Margaret Thatcher’s finest work. (And yes that is...
Neil Young: Long May He Run
It’s better to burn out than to fade away. When Neil Young sang that immortal...
Five From Albert Ayler, For M.L.K.
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to...