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Anthony Hamilton: The Point of It all
Author: Leigh Silbernagel
anthony hamitlon/The Point of It All/ So So Def/ Zombra Label Group
The six-time Grammy-nominated R&B-soul balladeer croons a melodic picture of life using straightforward lyrics as his mellifluous paintbrush on his junior effort The Point of It All: “Talking about relationships again… everything from making love to building love; having arguments, just life!”
read comments (0)The Return of Return to Forever: Going Nowhere?
Author: Anthony Medici
“FUSION LIVES!” trumpets the cover of August 2008 Jazz Times. “They’re Back!” screams the August 2008 cover of Downbeat. Two cover stories in the same month in the main jazz monthlies. What’s going on here? Well, for one thing, the hype machine is in Full Hot Air Mode. For another, the PR-driven, editorially compromised character of the primary jazz mags stands nakedly revealed. The Big Sell is on. Are you buying? Read the rest of this entry »
WBGO: Lobotomized?
Author: Anthony Medici
In my blog last week I commented upon the bland, pasteurized and altogether uninteresting jazz music programming I encountered on WBGO (Newark) while visiting the New York area for the Vision Festival. I noted how I had always enjoyed listening to WBGO on previous trips to New York (I was born and grew up in New York City and still visit from time to time for special events and to visit family, so am up there a fair amount). I thought, possibly, that the yawn inducing music on the radio might have just been the result of a contrast with the white-hot intensity of the Vision Festival, which made WBGO’s programming seem so banal. Then I received a very polite response to my post from Cephas Bowles, WBGO’s General Manager, which shocked me! Read the rest of this entry »
In Praise of “Soundcheck”
Author: Dee
With no elitist apologies, I’m a huge fan of public radio.
Sure, I’m happy to see that indie rock has a new home on commercial radio in many markets, replacing those ungodly “classic rock” stations, and very little makes my “Triple AAA” music heart beat harder and faster than hearing there’s a new station with that format. Read the rest of this entry »
Record Store Day : 19th April,2008 – NYT
Author: Alan Hill
PREX in New York Times …
Author: Alan Hill