One can summarize much of the COVID-19 pandemic in one word: isolation. Travel restrictions made walls between countries seem higher.…
In our prior conversation with Fred Seibert, we discussed his role as a young producer and engineer capturing Cecil Taylor…
Many artists can make great music. Very few can change the course of musical history. Cecil Taylor was one of…
We continue our conversation with Mitchell and Allen with a deeper dive into Dancing Shadows (Mahakala Music, 2022), including Mitchell’s…
"I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I…
In 2001, Ropeadope Records released The Philadelphia Experiment, a unique collaborative effort by three artists from the city of Brotherly…
We ended the first part of our conversation (available here) with Bob James by discussing artists who have sampled his…
Across his almost six-decade career, Bob James' music has meant many things to different people. To those who have an…
Protest songs, those associated with a movement for social change, have existed at least since the psalms of grassroots Protestant…
In some ways, 2021 can be seen as a return of music. In reality, through live-stream and various recordings, music…