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In `Antiquity,` The Modern Roots of Aethereal Bace (07/09/2010)
An unusual new trio pairs two drummers and one saxophone player, all among the top jazz musicians today. But it has its roots in Jackie McLean and Michael Carvin, who taught the members of Aethereal B...
Judging By The Cover: Steve Lacy And Ideal Bread (06/29/2010)
Steve Lacy`s The Breath is a, well, breathy yet effortless solo performance for soprano saxophone. Ideal Bread`s The Breath is a smoky, swagger-filled piece for quartet featuring a baritone sax. Hear ...
The NPR Music App: It`s Here (06/25/2010)
If you`ve ever wanted to hear a concert streaming from your iPhone, or hear an exclusive stream of an album before its release, or maybe listen to an interview with LCD Soundsystem while grocery shopp...
Lennon`s Day in the Life Lyrics Fetch $1.2M (PIC) (06/21/2010)
Unidentified Collector Buys Handwritten Lyrics to Beatles` Song From Sgt. Pepper at N.Y.C. Auction. John Lennon`s handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely...
The Chris Potter Underground: A Documentary Film (06/15/2010)
There`s a way that Chris Potter emotes through the saxophone that invites the obsessive, the highly passionate -- basically, the superfan. One of those folks recently went to a rehearsal of the Chris ...
Anat Cohen`s Anzic Orchestra On JazzSet (06/04/2010)
Featuring Anat Cohen on clarinet and saxophones, the Anzic Orchestra -- a jazz band with a cello section -- blows away the Kennedy Center crowd at the 2009 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. Co...
P.S.1`s `Greater New York 2010` Is Worse Than the Biennial (06/02/2010)
The history of ideas is often the history of their displacement. In our own time, cell phones turned pay phones obsolete, cable news made mincemeat of Time and Newsweek, and Facebook and Twitter rende...
My, What A Large Instrument You Have (05/26/2010)
Will Friedwald profiles the incredibly versatile multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson in a Wall Street Journal that ran in print this morning -- and gives us a glimpse of his many saxophone, from sopr...
Military Brass Likes Lady Gaga Parody (05/07/2010)
The YouTube video of Afghanistan-based soldier recreating Lady Gaga`s Telephone video has accrued over 3 million hits. At this point, everyone has seen it--including some of the military`s top brass. ...
Mother`s Mix: It`s The Least We Could Do (05/07/2010)
This year, give Mom a link to our continuous music mix — the gift that costs you nothing and involves no thought whatsoever. She`ll then soak up these four hours of motherhood-themed songs, from...
Make Music With Your (Wait For It) Shoes (04/23/2010)
Footwear has clearly come a long way since the primitive days of just being used to, you know, cover your feet. Sure, they can make you run faster and jump higher, measure your distance and heart rate...
The Guitar Hero`s Workout: Shred The Pounds Away (04/16/2010)
We studied the performances of rock`s guitar legends and compiled the best moves to build both your muscles and your godlike mystique. Keep a bottle of Jack on hand for hydration, drape some old silk ...
Sam Newsome: A Soprano Sax `Soliloquy` (04/16/2010)
Soprano saxophone can be an unforgiving instrument. It`s hard to play in tune, and many players get a pinched or nasal tone like it has a bad cold. Its biggest proponents — Steve Lacy, Lol Coxhi...
Michael Wolff Trio With Steve Wilson On JazzSet (04/02/2010)
Michael Wolff says he approaches the piano like a saxophone, to combine his physical impulsiveness [to put] a certain energy into the musical ideas. Highlighting this set at the KC Jazz Club in Washin...
Fans Weep Openly At Alex Chilton Memorial Show (03/22/2010)
Most of the musicians that played the tribute show are used to putting emotion into song, but Jody Stephens took the crowd even deeper when he broke from verse and chorus, stepped up to the microphone...
Lady Gaga: Puppet of Illuminati Mind Control (03/18/2010)
The Vigilant Citizen declares Lady Gaga a pawn of the Illuminati and a peddler of the occult. Her music video Telephone is a brazen attempt at recruiting teenagers into mind control programs.
Lady Gaga Video Tackles Penis Rumor, Lesbian Prison Babes (03/13/2010)
Lady Gaga`s Telephone music video shows her addressing her penis rumor with burly prison lesbians who rip her clothes off.
Second Stage: Hope For Agoldensummer (02/26/2010)
It`s not very often that a young, up-and-coming band produces a fully developed, 17-track album. But the Athens, Georgia group Hope For Agoldensummer is wonderfully prolific. The band`s members have p...
Guns N` Roses Plays Surprise Show at Small NYC Bar (02/21/2010)
The phone calls began around noon on Sunday. Desperate rockers caught wind of a performance by Guns N` Roses (and Axl Rose) in the intimate confines of Rose Bar in New York City.
Taylor Swift Drops & Breaks Grammy Award (02/02/2010)
Taylor Swift had the best problem any singer could have on Sunday. The singer, in the press room at the 52nd Grammy Awards, couldn`t keep a hold of the four gramophone statuettes she received, droppin...
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