Jimi Hendrix rode a rocket to international fame with his first two albums, the Chas Chandler–produced Are You Experienced? and Axis: Bold as Love, which appeared over a mere seven-month span in 1967. Both found him bubbling over with innovative […]
Alberto L. Ferro is a composer/pianist whose latest album, The Deep End of Sound, crosses the boundaries between classical and jazz while having an improvisational bent. Q: What was your introduction to music? How old were you, and how did […]
Sam Blakeslee is a trombonist/composer based in New York City. He has just released a new album, Selective Coverage, with the Sam Blakeslee Quintet. Q: In terms of musical style, how would you categorize yourself? A: I’d like to think […]
Link Wray, Charley Patton, Howlin’ Wolf, Monk Boudreaux Shine Among the Many Native American Creators of Blues, Jazz and Rock Celebrated in Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World rumblethemovie.com This brightly-edited, fast-paced yet thoughtful new documentary […]
This week on No Depression, we’re basking in the fantastic red light glow of Willie Nelson’s album cover for God’s Problem Child. Staff reviewer Don McLeese says it “recalls the era when Willie was at his creative peak.” Also on […]
Australia’s many-talented Daniel Champagne is coming and going in Hampton Roads, VA, having performed recently in Virginia Beach in an intimate January 28 concert that will hopefully lead to greater area awareness and a hoped-for return visit in the fall. […]
I only recently met Kenny White when he came through town on tour and I interviewed him on the radio. When we started talking off-mic about music, I knew that he would be a great artist to share his stories and […]
To paraphrase Ecclesiastes, of the making of many music books there is no end. As I pointed out in last week’s column, there are enough new titles from publishers both large and small to keep us reading well into the […]
Billy Gibbons surprised music buffs and ZZ Top fans in November when he released his first solo album, Perfectamundo, steeped in Cuban rhythms. The departure from ZZ Top’s powerful blues rock, though, made perfect sense to Gibbons. “Like the old […]
Buddy Miller visiting Jimi Hendrix’s grave in Renton, WA.
