Rob Shepherd

Castaway to an Imaginary Vacation: Ted Feighan on Monster Rally and his Creative Process

In both his striking visual art and his eclectic music, Ted Feighan engages in a collage making process. In the…

5 years ago

Review: Keith Jarrett’s ‘Budapest Concert’

On January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett sat, in pain, at the keys of a decrepit and horribly out-of-tune piano. The…

5 years ago

Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra Arkestra’s ‘Swirling’ and M’Lumbo and Jane Ira Bloom’s ‘Celestial Mechanics’

Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn sometime presumably in the early 20th Century. Some historians mistake him for…

5 years ago

Review: Bootsy Collins’ ‘The Power of the One’

Far too often when people succeed in their field, it becomes far too easy for them to cling to that…

5 years ago

Review: Azymuth, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s ‘Azymuth JID 004′

In the field of astrodynamics, azimuth is essentially a way of navigating based on an established location, usually true North.…

5 years ago

Review: Josh Johnson’s ‘Freedom Exercise’

One effective way to find new artists and music is through their works with others. A great example of this…

5 years ago

Review: Bob James’ ‘Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions’, Admas’ ‘Sons of Ethiopia’, and Takuya Kuroda’s ‘Fly Moon Die Soon’

Artists often produce some of their best work when given increased freedom over the creative process. In so doing, their…

5 years ago

Five Non-Traditional Tributes to Charlie Parker

On August 29, 1920, Charles Parker Jr. was born in a home at 852 Freeman Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. The…

5 years ago

Review: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s ‘Axiom’

In the field of philosophical logic, an axiom serves as a starting point from which other statements are derived. It…

5 years ago

Review: Marcos Valle, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s ‘Marcos Valle JID 003’

In the year 1500, navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral claimed Brazil as a colony for the Portuguese empire. Despite the region’s…

5 years ago