Improving Upon Perfection, Part One: Curtis Mayfield and Junior Murvin
Sean MurphyFirst, the sweet, angelic genius of Curtis Mayfield. (Sidenote: if you’ve lived this long without...
Paul McCartney and Lee “Scratch” Perry
It was 33 years ago today… They almost put Macca away! Do you remember what...
Julian Priester: Help Him, Help Yourself
Needless to say, if I had my way jazz musicians would be famous, well-paid and...
Les Claypool & Co: The Power of Music
I will go ahead and answer my own question (posed the other month, HERE). Based...
File Under: Man’s Inhumanity to Man (Revisited)
This hurts my heart and devastates my soul. It makes me furious and leaves me...
Q & A* (Revisited)
Question: What would you do differently? Answer: Nothing. True answer: Everything. Truest answer: I don’t...
Finding Grace in Beautiful Places (Revisited)
In a piece I recommend you reading @ the reliably awesome Rumpus, writer Amber Sparks,...
The Bittersweet Science, Part One (Revisited)
It probably says something about evolution that the younger generations see the future as expansive,...
2012: When Rhetoric Meets Reality (Revisited)
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in...
Beauty is a Rare Thing: Celebrating International Jazz Day (Revisited)
All hope is not lost. At least enough people are still making –and listening to–...