2017 is almost over, and I think we’re all breathing a collective sigh of relief. I know we all breathed one together last night at Apogee Studios for the KCRW Best of 2017 shindig, in the best way possible – […]
2017 is almost over, and I think we’re all breathing a collective sigh of relief. I know we all breathed one together last night at Apogee Studios for the KCRW Best of 2017 shindig, in the best way possible – […]
As I’ve been expanding the boundries of this column beyond just DJs, it’s been fun to learn about other aspects of the music business. I think Jeff DeLia is the first who’s been exclusively an artist manager. What he shares […]
As the holiday season ramps up in December, the number of new releases tends to taper down. But there are still plenty of gems to make your days merry and bright. Check out the slideshow for some new releases that […]
Dhani Harrison arrived in Seattle on a cold rainy evening to play at the legendary Crocodile to introduce his newest album, IN//PARALLEL, with a sold out show. If you’re not familiar with Dhani Harrison, his pervious band was thenewno2, which […]
As we’re deep into the holiday season, you can’t help but hear the jingle-jangle Christmas music that is played endlessly at every store and mall in America from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. While some people seem to add a pep […]
“So, are you a Bon Iver fan?” I asked the young boy next to me. His handsome young father looked down and said, “Say, yes, sir.” His son grinned up at me and replied eagerly, “Yes, sir!” That was the […]
You probably heard a Bert Berns song today. If you heard “Tell Him,” “Twist and Shout,” “Cry to Me,” “Here Comes the Night,” “Hang on Sloopy” or “Piece of My Heart,” you heard a song he wrote. If you heard […]
There are plenty of super groups out there, but how about super duos? The latter may be fewer and farther between, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t just as worthy of the term “super.” Case in point: one of the […]
I devoted last week’s column to the best music books of 2017. I’m sure to have left off some of our readers’ favorite music books, and I barely mentioned novels or collections of short stories whose central plots revolve around […]
Springsteen On Broadway is acoustic, or a cappella, but its beginning is electric: Bruce Springsteen, alone, on a spare stage with his spotlight. There are a couple of barstools, a center microphone, a grand piano, two glasses of water. Against […]
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