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Article: Lyrics

L'ultimo hipster. La vita e la musica di Mark Murphy

by Angelo Leonardi
May 23, 2017

Non trovate accenni a Mark Murphy nelle più recenti storie del jazz, neanche il nome. Una lacuna che appare inspiegabile (a differenza di Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormè e Tony Bennett) che si giustifica solo col ritardo a collocare il cantante di Syracuse in una prospettiva storica. Eppure già prima della sua scomparsa -il ...

Article: Album Review

Richie Cole Alto Madness Orchestra: The Many Minds of Richie Cole

Read "The Many Minds of Richie Cole" reviewed by Rob Rosenblum

by Rob Rosenblum
April 24, 2017

Alto saxophonist Richie Cole is a living, breathing anachronism and has arguably been one since he first burst out of Berklee School of Music onto the stage as featured soloist with the Buddy Rich big band in the 1970's. While many of his contemporaries were following the lead of Chuck Berry and The Beatles, ...

Article: Interview

Dennis Coffey: Hot Coffey and The Pursuit of Excellence

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 29, 2017

Every Tuesday night at the Northern Lights Lounge on Baltimore Street in Detroit, you'll find a funky little guitar-organ trio setting up musical shop. You'll find Julian Vanslyke on drums and Phil Whitfield on organ. And playing right in between them, you'll find one of the world's best guitarists--Dennis Coffey. You may not know ...

News: Technology

Inside Chuck Berry And Pandora's Genome Project [Glenn Peoples]

March 28, 2017

In this piece, Glenn Peoples looks through the lens of Pandora's genome project to take a close at how the style and musical traits of Chuck Berry were copied and disseminated down through generations of musicians. Guest post by Glenn Peoples of Pandora Biologist Richard Dawkins used the term “the selfish gene” in describing how a ...

Article: Live Review

Colin Hay at the Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture

by Mike Perciaccante
March 25, 2017

Colin Hay Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture New York, NY March 18, 2017 Had Colin Hay not made his mark as a musician with Men At Work and as a solo performer, he'd surely have gained fame as a stand-up comedian. Hay has a wickedly ...

Article: Opinion

Chuck Berry: 1926-2017

by C. Michael Bailey
March 21, 2017

In the same spirit of the evolutionary question, “What comes after Music," I ask how does one simply acknowledge, if not pay homage, to what is beyond Greatness? The Saturday, March 18th New York Times did not do bad with: “While Elvis Presley was rock's first pop star and teenage heartthrob, Mr. Berry was ...

News: Trends

Chuck Berry Music Sales Explode After His Death

March 21, 2017

Album sales and song sales on titles from Chuck Berry exploded after news of his death on Saturday, March 18th. The rock and roll pioneer was 90. Overall, Chuck Berry album sales increased 9,581% after his passing. His album sales average was 39 per day prior to his death and jumped to 2,054 the day of ...

News: Obituary

Chuck Berry: (1926-2017)

March 21, 2017

Chuck Berry, a singing electric blues guitarist with a remarkably limber stage presence who pioneered rock 'n' roll and single-handedly put the saxophone out of business as a lead R&B instrument in 1955, died on March 18. He was 90. Berry's biography and his dynamic role in helping to hatch rock 'n' roll have been brightly ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Ian Hunter: Fingers Crossed

by Doug Collette
October 30, 2016

Assuming his role as chief vocalist for Mott the Hoople, then becoming its main songwriter, Ian Hunter evolved into the figurative voice for the British band as it evolved and reached its apex of commercial and critical acclaim with Mott (Columbia Records, 1973). And as he initiated his solo career, Hunter was able to tailor the ...

Article: Extended Analysis

The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

by Doug Collette
September 11, 2016

In casual talk and conversation now some half a century since the explosion of their popularity, the Beatles can seem a quaint phenomenon from the Sixties. But such a notion disappears when their music is playing as is the case with The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl. A companion piece to Eight Days ...