Waking up this morning to the news of David Bowie’s death was a gut-punch of reality – an icon, legend and consummate artist was gone, never to return. I immediately wanted to listen to his music and I’ve always favored […]
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David Bowie has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 69 years old. He was a giant. His music was not what we would necessarily classify as Americana, despite his sweeping influence on so many forms of truly […]
The first in a series of box sets documenting David Bowie’s career, Five Years 1969–1973 includes six of his early studio albums, four of which have been newly remastered; two live albums from the period; an alternate 2003 remix of The […]
No one seems to know who first uttered that famous line about how the Velvet Underground’s debut album sold only a few thousand copies but all to people who wound up starting bands. What is clear is that the statement […]
David Torn performing live recently at SubCulture in New York City. Photo © Claire Stefaniat David Torn plays at the The Jazz Estate Few guitarists can make their instrument sound larger more or expansive than David Torn. He’s a self-described “guitarist/texturalist” and […]
One of the more unfortunate limitations of the word “Americana” is that it could give someone the impression that the genre’s music should be restricted to the Lower 48. That’s nonsense, of course. Artists like Kasey Chambers and Paul Kelly produce […]
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