Rob Shepherd

Opportunity to Make Something Special: A Conversation with George Benson

To many, George Benson needs little introduction. During his career thus far, the guitarist-vocalist has been nominated for twenty-five Grammy…

2 years ago

Music at the Heart: A Conversation with Erik Friedlander

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cello established itself as a mainstay in Western European classical music due to…

2 years ago

Mixing Vocabularies: A Conversation with Mike Dillon on Punkadelick

Artistic expression has a unique power to flourish even when the soil is arid and lacking nutrients. The COVID pandemic,…

2 years ago

Quiet Within: A Conversation with Ingrid Laubrock

Throughout its history, creative music has always been on a conceptual search for freedom. Ornette Coleman sought to move his…

2 years ago

Blasting Through the Barriers: DoomCannon and SXSW’s Jazz re:freshed Outernational

The history of jazz presents a melding of different cultural cues which form the core of the music itself. It…

2 years ago

February 2023 Capsule Reviews

For February - just under the wire - we provide capsule reviews of recent works with an eye towards avant-garde…

2 years ago

Interview: A Conversation with an Anonymous Artist

If you are reading this, there is a substantial likelihood you arrived here under false pretenses. Apologies for the deception.…

2 years ago

Harlem Hellfighter: A Conversation with Jason Moran on James Reese Europe (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Jason Moran by going deeper into the songs on his James Reese Europe inspired album,…

2 years ago

Harlem Hellfighter: A Conversation with Jason Moran on James Reese Europe (Part One)

The passage of time can leave the legacy of important figures underrecognized. For every figure like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker,…

2 years ago

January 2023 Capsule Reviews

With the start of a new year, we also start a new feature on this site. These capsule reviews aim…

2 years ago