On May 29, 1913, a violent brawl broke out between the audience at Paris’ brand-new venue, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.…
Jazz fans can be a disputatious lot, yet if there’s something on which we all can agree it’s this: the…
The first song on BRASS (Backwoodz Studioz, 2020), “Furies”, was the beginning of something special. Although Moor Mother and billy…
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…
[Editor’s Note: We are honored to have Anthony Dean-Harris join us as a special contributor for this year’s lists. Several…
Historians will probably remember 2020 primarily for the COVID pandemic, movements for racial justice, and lots and lots of politics.…
For nearly everyone, 2020 has been a time of difficulty. A pandemic. Intense political uncertainty. Murder hornets (?). It has…
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 Brian Kiwanuka’s…