Introducing “Rhapsodies in Blue”
Sean MurphyJust in time to properly celebrate National Poetry Month, my second collection, Rhapsodies in Blue, is now...
Original Poem: Charles Mingus’s Memento
It remains a blessing for this writer to find publications that “get” him –and what...
Gary Rossington: The Man in The Band
And another guitarist who left us with indelible solos from the ’70s gone. Gary Rossington...
Why Wayne Shorter Matters
Wayne Shorter is, for my money, possibly the most underrated genius in any genre of music....
David Lindley: Jackson Browne’s Right Hand Man
One of the more unheralded “guy behind the guy” guys, David Lindley did plenty of...
I’ll See You on the Dark Side of the Moon: Rock Music’s Apex at 50
It doesn’t matter whether Pink Floyd’s masterpiece is the best rock album of all time...
Original Poem: Imagined Conversations with People I Love about Trauma
I appreciate that this one got picked up by Humans of the World, as trauma...
David Crosby: Born to be That Guy
Not sure if anyone was dedicated to being that guy as long or at the...
Original Poem: Pharoah Sanders Donating Blood to Buy Food, 1962
Huge gratitude to the team at Decolonial Passage for including my work in their “Food,...
Jeff Beck: The Guitar Grandmaster
As impossible at it is to believe Jeff Beck has died (aged 78), it’s just...