Features
Thursday, September 23 2004
Johnny Ramone: A Cool Guy Doing His Job
The Ramones offered rebellion, but they didn't work all that hard at it. They just were that way.
Friday, December 27 2002
Stay Free: A Tribute to Joe Strummer
The music of Joe Strummer and the Clash were an integral part of the soundtrack of my high school and college years. Strummer's death represents the disappearance of an important and substantial part of my musical past as well as the loss of one of rock music's truly poetic voices.
Friday, December 27 2002
Stay Free: A Tribute to Joe Strummer
The music of Joe Strummer and the Clash were an integral part of the soundtrack of my high school and college years. Strummer's death represents the disappearance of an important and substantial part of my musical past as well as the loss of one of rock music's truly poetic voices.
Friday, June 28 2002
Hard Hitting Blues: Jelly Roll Morton
The life of the New Orleans piano 'professor' who grew up playing in whorehouses and clip joints has long been the stuff of legend in both jazz and blues music.
Hard Hitting Blues: Professor Longhair [28.Jun.02]
Reviews
Monday, January 24 2005
Tony Joe White: The Heroines
Tony Joe White's music is generally described as swamp rock, and it is true that he was one of the first performers to have a hit record with that sound.
Lisa Loeb: The Way It Really Is [24.Sep.04]
Rachel Z: Everlasting [22.Jul.04]
John Surman: Free and Equal [20.Jul.04]
Angelique Kidjo: Oyaya! [15.Jun.04]
Cowboys International: Revisited [24.May.04]
Dave Brubeck Quartet: For All Time [10.Mar.04]
Jackie Allen: The Men in My Life [8.Mar.04]
Maynard Ferguson: Chameleon / Conquistador [5.Mar.04]
Reba McEntire: Room to Breathe [13.Feb.04]
Matthew Herbert: Goodbye Swingtime [12.Dec.03]
Jean-Michel Pilc: Cardinal Points [9.Dec.03]
Ike Turner: Blues Kingpins [9.Oct.03]
Stan Getz: Captain Marvel [remastered] [1.Oct.03]
Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions [30.Sep.03]
Bill Frisell: The Intercontinentals [3.Sep.03]
Various Artists: Masters of the Boogie Piano [20.Aug.03]
Various Artists: Bop Lives! [28.Jul.03]
Bree Sharp: More B.S. [28.Jul.03]
Ahmad Jamal: In Search of Momentum [25.Jul.03]
Kurt Elling: Man in the Air [22.Jul.03]
Skatalites: From Paris With Love [18.Jun.03]
Parliament: Mothership Connection [5.Jun.03]
Jean Michel Jarre: Sessions 2000 [2.Jun.03]
Howlin' Wolf: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [27.May.03]
Roy Haynes: Love Letters [23.May.03]
Erik Truffaz: The Walk of the Giant Turtle [20.May.03]
Eddie Henderson: So What [19.May.03]
Various Artists: Flying Funk / Flying Groove [12.May.03]
Boomkat: Boomkatalog.One [9.May.03]
Etta James: Let's Roll [5.May.03]
Various Artists: Nu Jazz Essentials [18.Apr.03]
Kristin Hersh: The Grotto [10.Mar.03]
DJ Smash: Phonography: Volume 2 [21.Feb.03]
Ahmad Jamal: Olympia 2000 [17.Feb.03]
Joe Zawinul: Faces & Places [12.Feb.03]
Steve Morse Band: Split Decision [10.Feb.03]
David S. Ware Quartet: Freedom Suite [7.Feb.03]
Bill Laswell: Book of Exit: Dub Chamber 4 [5.Feb.03]
Herbie Hancock: Future 2 Future Live [DVD] [24.Jan.03]
Joni Mitchell: Travelogue [23.Jan.03]
ABBA: The Definitive Collection [DVD] [22.Jan.03]
Kathy Kosins: Mood Swings [15.Jan.03]
Miles Davis: The Miles Davis Story [DVD] [10.Jan.03]
Jane Bunnett: Cuban Odyssey [9.Jan.03]
The Richard Sussman Quintet: Free Fall [10.Dec.02]
Charles Lloyd: Lift Every Voice [8.Nov.02]
Spring Heel Jack: Amassed [5.Nov.02]
10cc: The Best of 10cc (20th Century Masters) [30.Oct.02]
Herbie Hancock: The Herbie Hancock Box [25.Oct.02]
Von Freeman: The Improvisor [22.Oct.02]
Secret Garden: Once in a Red Moon [16.Oct.02]
Dizzy Gillespie: Odyssey: 1945-1952 [4.Oct.02]
Jason Moran: Modernistic [1.Oct.02]
Paquito D'Rivera: The Best of Paquito D'Rivera [12.Sep.02]
John Surman / Jack DeJohnette: Invisible Nature [28.Aug.02]
Wayne Shorter: Footprints Live! [21.Aug.02]
Stan Getz: The Very Best of Stan Getz [20.Aug.02]
Jelly Roll Morton: Jazz King of New Orleans [8.Aug.02]
John Abercrombie: Cat 'n' Mouse [1.Aug.02]
Susanne Abbuehl: April [31.Jul.02]
Chicago Underground Duo: Axis and Alignment [16.Jul.02]
Keith Jarrett: Selected Recordings: Rarum III [12.Jul.02]
Chick Corea: Selected Recordings: Rarum III [11.Jul.02]
Cheap Trick: At Budokan [27.Jun.02]
Dinah Washington: Ballads [26.Jun.02]
Nekromantix: Return of the Loving Dead [6.Jun.02]
Ramsey Lewis: The Best of Ramsey Lewis [23.Apr.02]
Cassandra Wilson: Belly of the Sun [19.Apr.02]
Gorillaz: G-Sides [12.Apr.02]
The Chemical Brothers: Come With Us [29.Mar.02]
Various Artists: Evangeline Made [4.Mar.02]
Lisa Loeb: Cake and Pie [25.Feb.02]
Various Artists: Hit Me With Your 80's Box [28.Jan.02]
Cracker: Forever [28.Jan.02]
Kid Rock: Cocky [19.Nov.01]
Brun Campbell: Joplin's Disciple [12.Nov.01]
Fred Anderson: On the Run [12.Nov.01]
ABBA: The Definitive Collection [5.Nov.01]
The Ray Anderson Quartet: Bonemeal [26.Oct.01]
Emer Kenny: self-titled [22.Sep.97]
