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Chuck Berry: 1926-2017
by C. Michael Bailey
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 ...
New York Times Downsizes Jazz Coverage: A Response
by Victor L. Schermer
The February 23rd report from the Salon website that the The New York Times has downsized its coverage of live and recorded jazz is quite a shock, and, in my opinion, a poor decision on their part which I hope they will seriously reconsider. Their iconic and highly competent reviewers, Ben Ratliff and Nate Chinen, have ...
Hentoff helped pave way for jazz journalism’s acceptance
by Jim Trageser
Nat Hentoff's passing last week left me feeling, well, old. Whenever we lose a mentor--a grandparent, a teacher, someone who encouraged us--it's a reminder of our own mortality, that we are, in the parlance of football coaches, the next ones up. I don't feel anywhere near to ready or worthy or capable of assuming ...
James McMurtry On State of Texas, State Of The Music Business Plus The Digital Tip Jar [INTERVIEW]
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In this interview Brad Auerbach speaking with singer-songwriter and proud Austin resident James McMurtry about the rapid evolution of the music industry, and his thoughts on digital “tip jar" and artistic philanthropy in general. Guest post by Brad Auerbach on Forbes James McMurtry is one of America’s songwriting treasures. Too often just out of the mainstream spotlight, ...
A giant of jazz journalism silenced
by Jim Trageser
Nat Hentoff was an old-school intellectual whose favorite topic—whose very touchstone—was, throughout his life, jazz. At one point in the 1990s, Hentoff—who passed of natural causes on Jan. 7—announced that he was giving up writing about jazz to focus on topics that seemed more critical—free speech and civil liberties, which he felt were under ...
Ghostship Fire: Mourn The Dead, Fight Like Hell For The Living
In this recent article, Marc Ribot explores how the tragedy at jny: Oakland's GhostShip lofts is indicative of a broader issue concerning the marginalization of working artists. Guest post by Marc Ribot on The Trichordist Marc Ribot is an American Musician and a member of NYC artists rights group MusiciansACTION musiciansaction.org. The initial horror evoked by Oakland’s GhostShip ...
More Christmas Classics from JazzWax
Now meet the rest of the JazzWax Vintage Holiday Album Hall of Fame family, in order of their induction and linked to Amazon... 2015—Two albums with the same name: Bobby Timmons' Holiday Soul and Don Patterson's Holiday Soul. Both trio albums were recorded for Prestige in Nov. 1964—the former on the 24th and the latter on ...
In Defense Of The Digital Album
As the popularity of playlists grows, and music consumption habits gradually change in favor of the single, many artists are gravitating away from full-length albums, something which could have negative consequences for both artists and fans. Guest Post by Heather Willensky on Medium What’s the best band you discovered on a streaming playlist? Go have a ...
When Rappers Are Affected By White Fragility [Talib Kweli Greene]
In this essay, Talib Kweli Greene takes on the complex issue of how 'white fragility' affects rappers, as he walks us through Twitter battles and unfounded accusations of racism from fellow hip-hop artists Remedy and Diabolic. Guest post by Talib Kweli Greene Let’s deal with the facts. Hip-hop was primarily created by black and Latinx youth living ...
Why The Music Industry Needs Fewer Lawyers, More Innovators [CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux]
Here CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux weighs in on the recent wave of litigation which has swept through the music industry, suggesting that the recent string of lawsuits against companies like Spotify and TIDAL discourages innovation in the industry and sets a poor tone for the future of digital music. Guest post by Tracy Maddux, CEO ...
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