Across cultures and ages, the harp has long been associated with peace and tranquility. Its light tones are painted as…
In a music so heavily built around collective communication, there is something inherently special about a solo performance. Far too…
With our review of the second day of the 2024 Newport Jazz Festival - read day one here - we…
One criticism occasionally levied against the more recent editions of the iconic Newport Jazz Festival is that it somehow abandoned…
We continue our conversation with Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp on ‘Armageddon Flower’ (TAO Forms, 2025). You can read Part…
In Lonely on the Mountain (Bantam, 1980), Western novelist Louis L’Amour wisely noted that "there will come a time when…
A city that prides itself on being both outside of the status quo ("Keep It Weird"), and the Live Music…
In a 2021 interview, Henry Threadgill noted his belief that “[Marshall Allen] should have the highest award that can be…
Concepts of genre are odious as they defy human reality. Even the most ardent adherent to stylistic norms, if they…
Scholarly analyses of the Blues tend to emphasize a specific style born of the African American experience, developed from spirituals,…