Music
June 25, 2011
Good-Bye to the Big Man
June 18, 2011
The Largeness of Sonny Rollins
The web, in the way it favors the short form, tends to disserve artists who work on a large scale, such as the jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, whose epic improvisations involve the sustained development of complex ideas over time. A master of the big statement, Rollins is not called the jazz colossus for nothing. READ MORE >>
May 27, 2011
Patti Smith’s Duet with the Devil
May 13, 2011
The Dream Music of a Nightmare Time
April 29, 2011
Whatever Happened to Phoebe Snow?
April 08, 2011
Phil Ochs, There But for Fortune
April 01, 2011
Remembering the Forgettable Nick Hathaway
March 12, 2011
Lykke Li and the Rise of Porn Pop
March 04, 2011
A Few Words in Defense of Randy Newman
February 18, 2011