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Commander Cody of the Lost Planet Airmen Publishes Book of Art and Anedotes
INTERVIEWS ON NPR'S “WEEKEND EDITION" AND SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO George Frayne is known to most people as Commander Cody, the zany frontman for the Lost Planet Airmen. But Fraynes more than an influential rock 'n' roll star who had a Top Ten hit in the '70s hes also a world-renowned fine artist in painting, sculpture, and ...
John Watson's "The Power of Jazz" Photography Book Now Available
Jazz legends and rising stars are featured in a new book The Power Of Jazz, by UK-based professional photographer and writer John Watson. The book has more than 140 color and black and white photographs of artists including Chet Baker, Gil Evans, Sonny Rollins, Hank Jones, Esbjorn Svensson, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Dame Cleo Laine, Jane ...
W. Royal Stokes Donates Collection to the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives
The Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at the University of the District of Columbia has acquired a significant collection of recordings, books, and periodicals from jazz author, historian, radio personality, and critic W. Royal Stokes, a D.C. native and former writer for The Washington Post. “The University of the District of Columbia is a natural and ...
Texts Without Context
In his deliberately provocative and deeply nihilistic new book, Reality Hunger, the onetime novelist David Shields asserts that fiction has never seemed less central to the culture's sense of itself. He says he's bored by out-and-out fabrication, by myself and others; bored by invented plots and invented characters and much more interested in confession and reality-based ...
Elis Regina's Biography "Furacão Elis" Set for English-Language Internet Debut
Connectbrazil.com is pleased to announce the launch of its new internet home for the life story of legendary Brazilian singer Elis Regina, the English language translation of the full-length book Furacão Elis. The free, web-based text will be launched from its new permanent home as part of the Connectbrazil.com network on Thursday, March 17th in honor ...
Hurtin Words Tammy Wynette
Sometimes its hard to be a biographer. Tammy Wynette is known as the queen of country music, a legend and a drag queen staple. The first country artist to go platinum, with more than 20 No. 1 hits, she is beloved and rightfully respected, the Elvis of the Opry, a tiny wisp of a woman who ...
AllAboutJazz-New York March 2010 Issue Now Available!
As much as jazz, as a musical and artistic form, has influenced the world since its development in the United States, it has taken as good as it gives. A constant influx of international players keeps the music vital and relevant to audiences everywhere; so while New York is still the jazz capital of the world, ...
I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath
By Larry Reni Thomas Master saxophonist/composer/arranger/educator Jimmy Heath's extremely-articulate, plainly-written, eye-opening, earnest, raw, sometimes happy, often times, grim autobiography. I Walked With Giants (Temple University Press, 322 pgs.) is a must-read, guide to how to become a successful survivor. It is a fascinating, wonderful story about a man, now in his eighties, a Philadelphia native, who ...
Drum! Continues Diversity of Coverage; from Slayer's Dave Lombardo to Switchfoot's Faithful Chad Butler
San Jose, Calif., -- Last month, Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip/drum percussion magazines worldwide, featured the new loud and aggressive playing techniques of Slayer's Dave Lombardo. Continuing its diversity of coverage, the March Issue explores Switchfoot's Chad Butler straightforward approach and faith to drumming. “Chris' style of drumming seemed like a good contrast to Lombardo ...
Interview: Kevin Maney of Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor Recently, I spoke with Kevin Maney, who is a widely respected technology writer and author of Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't. In this interview, Kevin talks about the lack of aura in digital music, the hedgehog concept, and how live music establishes indentity. To start this off could ...
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