Akiko Miyakoshi: Pure Magic
In this installment, JULES waxes properly rhapsodic about author-illustrator AKIKO MIYAKOSHI's new book, THE TEA PARTY IN THE…
Way Out Western Swing…
Best known as a jazz singer, SOLITAIRE MILES, in the guise of SUSIE BLUE, makes a convincing western…
It Starts With The Heart
Another triumph for MARK O'CONNOR, but this time he's sharing the spotlight with his ferociously talented new bride,…
‘A Man to Evoke Respect and Love Under All Conditions’
From his 1899 book FAMOUS VIOLINISTS OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY, HENRY C. LAHEE offers a balanced profile of…
Live’r Than They’ll Ever Be
From tapes surreptitiously recorded in 1967 comes a smokin' live album featuring JOHN MAYALL'S BLUESBREAKERS with PETER GREEN,…
Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles–and Allen Klein
MICHAEL SIGMAN reflects on ALLEN KLEIN, in light of FRED GOODMAN's acclaimed new biography of the man who…
Reality Check
On April 5, 1968, the day after MARTIN LUTHER KING's assassination, ROBERT F. KENNEDY addressed 'The Mindless Menace…
In Trim: Bruce Brown’s Endless Epic
Writing for Longboard magazine in 2005, PAUL HOLMES captured the entire epic saga of the making of BRUCE…
Bob Marovich’s Gospel Picks
The latest and hottest in new gospel CDs: CASEY J, BRAD & REBEKAH, THE SHOWERS, THE GOSPEL ANGELS,…
My Summer Romance (2015 edition)
Four stories of seasonal love, with music provided by JOHNNY RIVERS, GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS, PERCY FAITH…