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Keren Ann: We Are Artists Because Of The Process

by Leo Sidran
January 31, 2026

Keren Ann was born in Israel, spent her early years in the Netherlands, and later moved to France. The daughter of a Russian-Jewish father and a Dutch--Javanese mother, she grew up multilingual and deeply aware that identity, language, and place are always in motion. She began writing songs as a teenager and, by her ...

Blue Note Black Radio Experience

by Ronald Davis
September 8, 2025

A collection of photos from the Blue Note Black Radio Experience in Napa from August 29, 2025 to August 31, 2025 featuring Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, Terrace Martin, Questlove, {m: Aneesa Strings, Braxton Cook, freelance, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Soul Rebels, Goapele, Warren G, Little Brother, Willow Smith, Big Daddy ...

Sly Stone: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - A Memoir (Paperback)

by Doug Collette
December 21, 2024

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir: (paperback) Sly Stone with Ben Greenman 336 Pages ISBN-13: 978-1250872265 Macmillan Publishing/AuwaBooks2024 Reading Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir, it' is hard to know who to compliment most (even if no additional content appears in the ...

John Blum, David Murray and Chad Taylor: The Recursive Tree

by Troy Dostert
June 8, 2024

After maintaining an almost impossibly prolific recorded output during the 1980s and 1990s (with over fifty releases in the 1990s alone), saxophonist David Murray eased up considerably in the 2000s, leaving his fans wondering if he might ever return to his earlier fecundity. Although it would be unrealistic to expect the veteran tenorist to approach the ...

Bah Humbug, Weather Music, Stocking Stuffer Singles

by David Brown
December 26, 2023

Personally, I do not celebrate Christmas. But for this week's show, I figured I'd get in the spirit and sprinkle a few offbeat holiday tunes into the mix. We start off with a Latin set with Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra's “Jingle Bells Mambo" followed by Herman's Heat and Puente's Beat; then a set of meteorological ...

Sullivan Fortner, Elsa Nilsson, Isaiah Collier, Endea Owens & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 16, 2023

Stevie Wonder, Maya Angelou, Ryuichi Sakamoto, the crazy world we live in, and the world immigrants left behind are some of the sources of inspiration of the intriguing music featured this week.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Isaiah Collier “Retreat" Parallel Universe (Night Dreamer) ...

Madison McFerrin is "shedding the narrative"

by Leo Sidran
November 22, 2021

Madison McFerrin says she's “Shedding the narrative about what it means to be an artist in the music industry." In fact, she says she's had to learn to shed a lot of things. Like her “identity."She calls herself an independent singer-songwriter, which is both true and also not entirely the whole story. Questlove calls ...

Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

by Ian Patterson
August 5, 2021

Various Artists Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Onyx Collective/Searchlight Pictures 2021 One of the most thought-provoking moments in Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson's documentary on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival comes from a festival attendee, looking back from the distant perspective of half a century. “I ...

Pino Palladino: Eclettismo al Servizio della Musica

by Serena Antinucci
March 12, 2021

Capita raramente di ascoltare un disco che sprigiona endorfine così benefiche, che ci concede la possibilità di separarci momentaneamente dalla realtà, spingendoci fino al nucleo generativo della musica stessa. Proprio lì dove la composizione prende forma in uno spazio neutro, senza confini, entriamo nel sistema musicale di Notes With Attachments del bassista Pino Palladino e del ...