The Who on ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’
Thelonious Monk Does ‘Blue Monk’ as Count Basie Ogles
Click here to discover what will be inside our newest feature, “The Famous Door.” READ MORE >>
What Is ‘The Famous Door’?
I know I'm not the only music listener to find himself doing an awful lot of listening electronically. I scout for new artists to hear online and download a great deal of music to play at my leisure, and I spend more time on YouTube than I will ever admit. I'm still going out--most nights, in fact, to hear concerts, nightclub acts, and other shows of all sorts--and I'll continue to write about what I encounter in live performances in the pages of TNR. READ MORE >>
Pretending
The Beatles: Rock Band Guitar Hero READ MORE >>
Keys To the Kingdom
Michel Petrucciani Anniversary Series READ MORE >>
Get Back
John Lennon: The Life by Philip Norman (Ecco) READ MORE >>
High Hopes
Yes We Can” “You and I” “Let’s Put a Woman in Charge” Among the things that happened in early February, when Barack Obama’s campaign for the Democratic nomination seemed suddenly to kick into a higher gear, was the emergence, through YouTube, of a new music video called “Yes We Can,” a mash-up of moments from the speech Obama gave after the New Hampshire primary, set to music by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. The clip had more than two million hits in its first week, and the Obama campaign posted a link to it on the homepage of its website. READ MORE >>
The Sound of One Hand Composing
Book of Longing Philip Glass and Leonard Cohen READ MORE >>
They Paved Paradise
Sweet bird of time and change, you must be laughing. Quite a bit of time has passed since Joni Mitchell last picked up the guitar or sat at the piano and wrote a song--about ten years now--and she has changed. READ MORE >>
Stolen Moments
Abbey Sings Abbey Abbey Lincoln Love Is What Stays Mark Murphy READ MORE >>
