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More on Cookie's Closing
This is the final weekend for Webster Groves music venue Cookie's Jazz and More, and I talked with owner Harold Whitfield about the club's closing for a story now posted on the Riverfront Times music blog A to Z. Learn more about why the club is closing and why it may not be the end of ...
Eleven Seven's Woodworth Tells "What is Working"
In conjunction with US. independent music trade group A2IM (American Association Of Independent Music), we're asking indie professionals: In this fractured media landscape, what is working? What outlets and tools are helping your artists build an audience? In this 5th installment, Frank Woodworth of indie label Eleven Seven Music (Motley Crew, Buckcherry, Drowning Pool, Six:AM) shares ...
Nashville Feels the Pain: Equity Music Group Folds
Equity Music Group, the label co-founded by country superstar Clint Blank is folding. The last couple of years have not been kind to country music and now declining sales and the economic downturn are stating to take their toll on Music Row. In addition to Black, Equity artists looking for a new home include Laura ...
Leonard Feather Said It
"The story of the Shearing sound is interesting. I had encouraged George to come over from England in '46. He stayed about three months, did one record date for Savoy, and went back home. When I saw him in London in the summer of '47, he was playing accordion in some band. But that winter he ...
The Hideout Brings Chicago to D.C.
The Hideout is bringing Chicago musicians to Washington, D.C., on the eve of the inauguration. The Black Cat will be the site for The Big Shoulders Ball: Chicago Celebrates Change." Performers will be a spectacle of Chicagoans: Tortoise, the Waco Brothers, Eleventh Dream Day, Andrew Bird, Jon Langford, Sally Timms, David Honeyboy" Edwards, Ken Vandermark, Freakwater, ...
Vincenzo Maurogiovanni Endorses Degier Guitars & Basses
Vincenzo Maurogiovanni is a new endorser for DeGier Guitars & Basses, Basses in particular. This bass virtuoso is an international renowned musician from Italy. Born in Bari in October 1976, plays six string bass, guitar and drums. He works as a professional bass instructor, teaches modern and solo techniques, giving clinics all over the world and ...
Miles Davis Said It
"Monk has really helped me. When I came to New York, he taught me chords and his tunes. A main influence he has been through the years has been has to do with giving musicians more freedom. They feel that if Monk can do what he does, they can. Monk has been using space for a ...
Matisyahu: Take a Chance
By: Chris Clark Matisyahu Over the last four years, Matthew Miller has seen much change. Beginning with his debut, eye-opening performances at 2004's Wakarusa Music Festival, word spread quickly about his uncanny stage presence, religiously infused rhymes, and delectable pairing of reggae beats with beat boxing and slivers of exploratory jamming. As Matisyahu, Miller has been ...
"What? You Know About Leo?"
Shortly after I posted the Doug's Picks selection of Wadada Leo Smith's new CD, Tabligh (see the center column), I was in a meeting with Daron Hagen. I casually mentioned Smith. What?" he said, full of excitement. You know about Leo?" It turns out that Hagen, a distinguished composer of operas, chamber music and orchestral works, ...
Frances Lynne
From San Francisco comes news of the death of Frances Lynne, the singer who worked with Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck before there was a Brubeck Quartet. Ms. Lynne went on to sing with Charlie Barnet and Gene Krupa as the big band era wound down. Her first recording, however, was not until 1991 with her ...


