They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Now showing: THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL, the 1939 Busby Berkeley-directed drama of a boxer on the run…
Author: David McGee
Brooklyn, Blintzes, Baseball and Ballads With Johnny Mercer (Field Notes From a Music Biz Life)
In chapters 6 and 7 of his memoirs, MICHAEL SIGMAN recalls his father CARL SIGMAN's songwriting apprenticeship with…
An Empress On the Forgotten Paths of Russian Song
Venturing down forgotten paths of Russian song on her new album, ST PETERSBURG, Empress of Song CECILIA BARTOLI…
An Imaginative Exploration of The Sound-World of The Early Celtic Church
Music composer ROBERT HUGILL's review leads this appraisal of a fascinating, haunting new album exploring the sound of…
The Old Guard Hated the Rock But Loved the Bankroll (Field Notes From a Music Biz Life, Part 4)
In Part 4 of his autobiography, MICHAEL SIGMAN explains why the old guard post-war pop songwriters 'hated the…
Cascada de Flores: Reimagining Latin American Radio’s Golden Era
On RADIO FLOR, CASCADA DE FLORES brings the beauty of a distant era of Mexican radio into the…
Existential Bluegrass
Bluegrass existentialists THE ROYS are back with THE VIEW, comprised of songs pondering the burden of memory as…
A Gathering of Voices, in Celebration and Covenant
Continuing a journey embarked upon three albums ago, MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO and The Choir of YOU bring…
How To Have Fun With a Serious Song (Field Notes from a Music Biz Life, Part 3)
In this installment of his autobiography, MICHAEL SIGMAN recounts some amusing incidents following in the wake of his…
On the Gospel Highway’s Alternate Route
Between 1967 and 1977 Memphis-based DESIGNER RECORDS was focused on giving gospel artists a place to record their…