Sound & Vision: Featuring U-Roy
They sure don't make them like they used to. Album covers that is. In fact, they don't even make albums. Indeed, is anyone besides me even buying compact discs…
They sure don't make them like they used to. Album covers that is. In fact, they don't even make albums. Indeed, is anyone besides me even buying compact discs…
Everyone knows YouTube is the best shortcut to favorite, as well as forgotten video clips. And while it is well worth recognizing, and celebrating, the millions of anonymous DJs…
So: it's been five full decades that The Beatles have dominated music, our minds and, increasingly our wallets. Although its release was an understated affair, you might have heard something…
I can think of a lot of rock bands who have written some laughably awful lyrics. So can you. Part of rock and roll's infectious (and mostly innocuous) appeal is…
You don't have to be a jazz fan to appreciate that picture. But it helps. Most people have never heard of Joe Maneri, so not too many folks are mourning…
Blogs are, or can be, like diaries. Except that diaries, by nature, are private. Which begs the question: do people who blog censor or soften the observations, complaints or critiques that…
Our world is a much poorer place today. How could one man enrich us this much? Let me count…
After my ardent endorsement of Rashanim (the great trio who have just released what may well be the best album of the year),…
Guess what? Rashanim has recently released what will undoubtedly stand as one of the…
I know I'd be ecstatically grateful if, having never heard of these guys, someone turned me on to them. So in…