Jazz Articles about Sam Kulik

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Bryan Murray & Jon Lundbom: Beats by Balto! Vol. 2

Read "Beats by Balto! Vol. 2" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 14, 2021

Spinning Beats by Balto Vol. 2 in the midst of a global pandemic brings to mind a quote from Zack de la Rocha: “Fear is your only god on the radio." The Rage Against The Machine frontman is begging you to turn off your radio, but somehow you just can't turn off Balto!'s beats. The brain-child of guitarist Jon Lundbom and Bryan Murray (Bryan And The Haggards, Big Five Chord), the spine-tingling essence of this music confirms what ...

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Sam Kulik: Escape From Society

Read "Escape From Society" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
May 30, 2013

The basic premise of Sam Kulik's Escape From Society was to make a modern-day song poem recording using Craigslist to attract would-be lyricists, instead of a cheesy printed advertisement. Those not immediately familiar with the whole song-poem concept may well recognize the little ads--often seen on the back pages of comic books, men's magazines, and tabloid newspapers--promising to produce hit songs from anyone's poetry submissions for a fee. The results were often an embarrassing mish-mash of banal lyrics accompanied by ...

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Sam Kulik: Escape from Society

Read "Escape from Society" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 22, 2013

In una ovvia visione veramente “Americo centrica" i vari recensori dell'opera ultima del signor Sam Kulik (visionario trombonista cresciuto nella piccola cittadina di Worthington nel moderno Massachusetts occidentale) hanno dovuto necessariamente collegare i fili delle influenze del nostro a quelle del dissacratore per eccellenza, sua maestà Frank Zappa. Vorrei modestamente consigliare a questi signori di andare a scoprire e analizzare creativi personaggi che probabilmente non conoscono e che vivono da sempre nel più profondo underground della terra d'Albione come ad ...