The (Eastern) Beat Goes On
Across the Middle East and North Africa, the beat goes on. This scene shines on Putumayo’s Arabic Beat,…
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks – October 2012
Five choice new albums by Bryan Wilson, Shekinah Glory Ministry, The Gay Family (an invaluable retrospective of rare…
By Any Other Name…
Singer-songwriter-stellar guitarist Quintus McCormick doesn't look to re-invent the wheel, but rather reminds listeners that the fraught territory…
Always Sweethearts In Song
As The Canadian Sweethearts, Bob Regan and Lucille Starr never had big hits during their prime years of…
She Loves, But Does He Love?
BLOSSOM & BEE, Sara Gazarek: Our Album of the Week follows Connie Evingson's Sweet Happy Life in being…
And Here’s To The Life
In a long overdue tribute. pop-jazz vocalist Connie Evingson does wonderful things in honoring the lyrics of Norman…
Fifty Shades Stokes Interest in Early Music–But for How Long?
In we attempt to answer the penetrating question: Will the current revival of interest in early music via…
Oldest Recorded Supernova: Last Remnants of Chinese ‘Guest Star’ of 185 A.D.
A truly cool image, combined from data from four different space telescopes, shows all that remains of the…
Charles Ives Home Has Date With Wrecking Ball
Efforts to save the Redding, CT, home where composer CHARLES IVES lived and work appear to have failed,…
Ever Fresh: A Half-Century of ‘Green Onions’
In honor of the 50th anniversary of ‘Green Onions,’ we salute BOOKER T. & THE M.G.s’ reissued debut…