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Willie Nelson

Michael Ricci: Still Building a Home for Jazz

by B.D. Lenz
August 19, 2026

This is a very special installment of Chats with Cats. Normally, I interview people from different corners of the jazz world. This time, I turned the microphone toward the person who made this conversation possible--the cat, if you will. As the founder and publisher of All About Jazz, Michael Ricci has spent decades building ...

Peter Parcek: Most Of The Time

by Doug Collette
August 14, 2026

The contemporary blues community is densely populated with posers long on affectation and short on authenticity. Not so Peter Parcek for whom the blues carries truths that resonate in such a deep and abiding way that his own musical articulations, plus those of kindred spirits within and without the genre, become expressions straight from the heart ...

Peggy Lee: Too Marvelous for Words

by C. Michael Bailey
June 30, 2026

“Every musician in town wanted that gig... She got whoever she wanted, because she was so good."  --pianist Lou Levy, as quoted by James Gavin in Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee (Atria Books, 2014) Born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1920, Peggy Lee ...

Brooklyn Guitar Festival 2026

by Max Kutner
June 22, 2026

Brooklyn Guitar FesitvalVarious Artists Brooklyn, NY June 12, 2026 Over the weekend of June 12-13th, the very first Brooklyn Guitar Festival took place and featured appearances from some of the most touted players around today. It was presented by Joel Harrison and Alex Skolnick, two tireless advocates for guitar-related events in the greater ...

Michael Mordecai: The Man Who Keeps Austin Jazz Moving

by Hank Hehmsoth
June 15, 2026

Michael Mordecai has spent decades inside the machinery of Austin jazz: on the bandstand, behind the phone, at the booking desk, in the contractor's chair and in the community rooms where musicians, venues and advocates try to keep the music visible. His work has never fit neatly into a single category. Mordecai is a trombonist, bandleader, ...

Record Store Day 2026 Additional Releases

by Kyle Simpler
April 3, 2026

While jazz releases are always a highlight of Record Store Day, the event's massive lists inevitably spill far beyond any single genre. With hundreds of titles announced each year, it quickly becomes clear that no guide can cover everything. The following selections step slightly outside the jazz category, but they still feel at home in a ...

The !!!!Beat: The Rise And Fall Of The "Hippest Show On Television"

by Kyle Simpler
February 25, 2026

During the mid-1960s, American television programming often featured syndicated music variety shows. While many of the programs featured country and western artists, performers like Porter Wagoner and The Wilburn Brothers did not completely dominate the airwaves. In fact, there were plenty of rock and roll programs like Sump'n Else, Shivaree or Upbeat, showcasing rock and pop ...

Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at the Newman Center

by Geoff Anderson
February 11, 2026

Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble Newman Center Denver, CO January 29, 2026 What to make of Don Was? He was co-leader of the band Was (Not Was), a band known for Frank Zappa-esque irreverent, off-beat humor that drew musical inspiration from rock, funk, soul, r&b, dance music, jazz, pop, world ...

Neil Young: Big Change Is Coming

by Doug Collette
February 22, 2025

Neil Young works in strange ways. That might well go without saying, but it deserves repeating if only because, with the release of a brand-new song with a novel lineup of musicians, the inscrutable singer/songwriter has once more tossed a sharp curveball. “big change is coming" (no caps intentional) may simultaneously delight and confound ...