Category: Music
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Grab Your Towel, or, The Squirrels Bus Is Comin’ and Squirrelworld is Jumpin’: The I-5 Corridor’s Zaniest Combo Platter Celebrates 42 in More Ways Than A Feelin’
Rob Morgan was born with the capacity to—music-wise, at least—layer everything on top of everything else, and he’s never given up since. His merry band The Squirrels celebrate 2026 with their 42 EP, honoring 42 years of madness; and they’re celebrating with a live show…
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Hope to Hüsker, Drive-By Truckers to Deface the Music, and Henry VIII to infinity: Bill Kopp’s Big Idea on the World of Not-Necessarily Heavy Concept Albums
Andrew Hamlin interviews Bill Kopp about his latest book on concept albums.
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Fado, Fidelity, and Wrangling Wrist-Slashers: Peter Campbell On the Music That Made His Haunted Melody
Andrew Hamlin interviews Peter Campbell on his latest album, and the power of restraint.
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Jimi and the Dead: An Interview with Stanley Jordan
An interview with Stanley Jordan about his show merging Hendrix and Garcia.
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Sancta Simplicitas: Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder’s Mother Mind
Musical musings on the latest album by Tekla Waterfield and Jeff Fielder.
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Good Time: An Interview with Seward McCain of the Vince Guaraldi Trio
Andrew Hamlin delivers an interview with the great Seward McCain of the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
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Save The Trading Musician!
The owner of the renowned Trading Musician shop is retiring and the builiding is up for sale. Mark Taylor-Canfield on why you should care.
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Strolling with Sonny: Nick Phillips on What Went Right and Right-er, When Rollins Hit the Left Coast
The new box set Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums, collects the two albums Sonny Rollins cut for Lester Koenig’s Contemporary Records, 1957’s Way Out West, plus 1958’s Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders. Project mastermind Nick Phillips was kind enough to take some email…
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Shining Beyond the Barriers: An Interview with BLACK DIAMOND
An interview with the J-pop group, BLACK DIAMOND.
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Blue Room, is a Hoopy Frood’s Room: Zev Feldman on the Ineluctable Efficacy of Chet Baker
Andrew Hamlin talks with the producer of this recently unearthed recording of the great Chet Baker.
