At the mouth of the mighty Mississippi, New Orleans has always been a cultural melting pot. French, Spanish, Native American, African,…
On May 29, 1913, a violent brawl broke out between the audience at Paris’ brand-new venue, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.…
Far too many of music’s most innovative minds have died at a shockingly young age. Mozart, “Bird,” Dolphy, and Hendrix…
2020 marks the 25th Anniversary of multi-instrumentalist/composer/ producer John Zorn's founding of Tzadik Records. An incredibly prolific label, Tzadik Records…
Historians will probably remember 2020 primarily for the COVID pandemic, movements for racial justice, and lots and lots of politics.…
Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed.) defines force majeure as “an event that can be neither anticipated nor controlled.” A party…
As the PostGenre Team is working on their list(s) of Favorites from 2020, here is a flashback to Rob Shepherd's…
In both his striking visual art and his eclectic music, Ted Feighan engages in a collage making process. In the…
On January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett sat, in pain, at the keys of a decrepit and horribly out-of-tune piano. The…
Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn sometime presumably in the early 20th Century. Some historians mistake him for…