Laura Marling still is young – she was born in 1990 – but has created quite a resume. Her first (2008), second (2010) and fourth (2013) albums were nominated...
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There were a lot of songs released in 1966 that we still hear every day on the radio. Indeed, it’s a hall of fame type thing: Simon and Garfunkel (“Sounds of...
Sometimes, lesser known musicians are responsible for the direction that music takes. Anderson Meade Lewis – better known as Meade Lux Lewis (the “Lux” is a...
Asleep at the Wheel more or less can be defined as an ongoing tribute to the western swing music made famous by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. It is a...
Last week The Daily Music Break posted about Guy Davis. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes chatting with him. Please check out our...
Jimmy C. Newman, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday today, was an important crossover artist. The bridge was an interesting one, but not completely...
My good friend MC Antil, who was nice enough to let me repost some of his insightful music commentary (here and here), this week posted a great appreciation of...
Guy Davis is an actor, writer, modern blues player with a strong sense of history, a great harmonica and acoustic guitar player and a tremendous songwriter...
The Red Hot Jazz Archive – the place to go for information about old jazz – says that Fletcher Henderson ran the most successful African-American jazz band of...