Alright, my brain is buzzing, and I should probably crank out this weekly Wednesday Boston-area shows post before my lunch break ends and I get distracted by something that I actually get paid for. So here it is… a run-down of local shows I’m hoping to check out (or that you might be into) in […]
*You’ll get over it, Sven
This week’s theme: Jazz vocals with verses included. Featured artists include: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nancy Lamott, Anita O’Day, Chet Baker, Stacey Kent, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Rosemary Clooney, Karrin Alysson, Carmen McRae, Scott Hamilton, Clifford Brown, Paul Quinichette, Warren Vache, Ed Bickert, Roy Haynes, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Quincy Jones, Russ Freeman, Mundell Lowe. The post Podcast: The Great American Versebook first appeared on jazzcollector.com.
Being one of the OG Japanese shoegaze bands AND hailing from Osaka, I was obviously keen to post some Honeydip but what do you know – I already shared their one and only video last year to celebrate their return to active duty and the remaster and reissue of their last two albums (although apparently […] The post Honeydip @ Koenji High, Tokyo – February 2025 appeared first on Space Echo.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rhein-Neckar-Halle, Eppelheim, West Germany, March 18, 1976Neil Young & Crazy Horse (barely) made it out of Japan in the spring of 1976. Soon, they were rampaging across Europe, getting even looser and hazier and louder than usual. Fifty years ago tonight saw the quartet in Eppelheim, West Germany — and thanks to a toasty AUD, we can listen in. The bier-fueled crowd (which might include a lot of American GIs) is rowdier than the Japanese audiences; the acoustic set ...
Music To Build Agents By I don't have this problem, because I don't use a mouse. Press play, then start reading: Want to learn how to think about agent policy? Start with Goethe’s Der Zauberlehrling. So come along, you old broomstick! Dress yourself in rotten rags! You’ve long been a servant; Obey my orders now! When I talk to customers and teams around me about agents and agent policy, and the work we’re doing on AgentCore Policy (now GA) and Strands Steering, I hear a lot of folk...
If I were one of those cool, smart types, I’d open a code editor or a prompt and build myself a plugin to publish a special post-type on my blogs to share the songs I’m listening to, love, find inspiring, or that are just sticking with me at any given moment. I’ve shared this kind […]
Sebastian Fluent Enchanted Enchanted is the la...
With all my complaining about no marching bands at Henderson’s St. Patrick’s Day parade last Saturday, David and I attended the Las Vegas Brass Band Concert on Sunday at the Clark County Library Theater, and we got our share of brass!
Marilyn CrispellAnders JorminMemento Marilyn Crispell pianoAnders Jormin double bassRecorded July 2025Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, LuganoEngineer: Stefano AmerioCover photo: Thomas WunschProduced by Manfred EicherRelease date: March 20, 2026 Memento arrives with quiet poetry, the kind that settles into the human heart of its own volition. In this first duo encounter between Marilyn Crispell and Anders Jormin, collaboration feels secondary […]
Around this time last year, Mysticisms released a dubplate of tracks cherry-picked and remixed from Dougie “Conscious Sounds” Waldrop and Chris “Love Grocer” Petter’s 90s Dub Specialists project. The imprint now have a follow-up containing 4, fresh reggae / house hybrids. Label co-founder Chuggy is back, editing Heavy Dub, which pits Ijahman Levi samples against […]
"OK, I can’t I say I recommend this as traditional playlist in the style of old mix tapes where you listen to ‘em all the way through— unless you’re down with some serious genre hopping!"
There is a wealth of information on the internet and is fun when people have their own websites. I have my own website and if you are reading this blog...
Why do accidentals sound enticing though?
When I was learning guitar, I did a lot of studying and memorizing chord progressions. I did even more thinking about chords when I was learning to play jazz. When I shifted over to mainly producing electronic music, all my focus went to thinking about groove and timbre and I stopped thinking about chords completely. … Continue reading "A unified theory of rock harmony in one sentence"
Two instrumental tunes in honor of St Patrick's Day
The VitalsRelease date: 5 August 1966UK chart peak: #1Running time: 35:01Singles: Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (#1) Revolver also proved popular across the world, hitting the top spot in Australia, Finland, Germany, Sweden & the USA (Billboard 200), as well as reaching the top twenty in France (#5) & Norway (#14). Crooners & film soundtracks stood side-by-side […]
Alicia Hall Moran is one of the most uncompromising artists I know. Her albums may be few and far between, but they twist the very center of our emotional response into a flower of contrasting textures, wordplay, and urban hymnody. The world is a better place for her voice (on all levels thereof). Click on […]
The Soul Sisters were an American soul duet consisting of Thresia Cleveland-Fitch and Ann Gissendanner, who recorded for Sue Records. They first toured Britain in 1964 and then returned in 1965 followed by three tours between late 1966 and late 1967. Record Retailer and Music Industry News’ 3 September 1964 issue reports that Sue recording … Continue reading The Soul Sisters’ British tours in the 1960s →
The previous post introduced the idea of a twelve-tone row, a permutation of the twelve pitch classes of a chromatic scale. The earlier post also introduced a group of operations on a tone row with elements P, R, I, and RI. Here P, which stands for “prime”, is the identity operator: it leaves the tone […] The post Tone row operations first appeared on John D. Cook.
Sonic Youth - Noorderligt, Tilburg, The Netherlands, March 18, 1996Sonic Youth freaks united in celebration recently when it was revealed that the release of Diamond Seas was imminent. The details: 32 live performances of Sonic Youth’s “The Diamond Sea” plunderphonically orchestrated by John Oswald (of Grateful Dead “Grayfolded” fame) – providing two distinctly new experiences of the classic track from Washing Machine.In other words … heaven. Of course, it’s one of those special Record Store ...
I just recorded a new podcast you can find here. It's my favorite one so far! Hope you enjoy it.
Three K-pop(-ish) songs I enjoyed recently: Hypnotize by XG, Catch Catch by Yena and Bang Bang by Ive.
A diary-style look at the long process of making a mixtape for Green Bananas—from seed song to full mix—covering sequencing, opener debates, Flickr album art searches, and experimental theme analysis.
