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Drummer Jimmy Cobb, alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist Buster Williams and guitarist Mike Stern range in age from 82 (Cobb) to 58 (Stern). Miles Davis, the man they play to honor, would have been 85 on May 26th. Sitting across from me at Seattle’s Jazz Alley, Tom Kipp wasn’t completely sure if four sidemen from …
Moby states the following opinion of Ke$ha’s and Britney Spears’ music: “”It’s fun, but I don’t think of it as music,” he says. “It’s manufactured. I appreciate it as pop culture phenomenon and some of the songs I like if I hear them in a shopping mall or something, but it doesn’t function as music …
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There are at least two Little Walters. One is the talented but troubled harmonica player, Muddy Waters’ sidekick, who drifted into brutality and alcoholism. This is the Little Walter of tragic legend. Then there is the consummate musician whose records outsold those of Muddy Waters or Howling Wolf, who fronted one of the best small …
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside – I Swear from Matthew Ross on Vimeo.
This is mainly aimed at my music critic friends. As you know, I don’t usually plug records, but this one deserves some attention, and because it is on a tiny label it may not get it. The following isn’t really a review, it’s more of a prod to get some people in the business to …
Diamond Life. I’m still bemused by the take up on UK artists in the US, to the point of having to ask friends like East Portland Blog to tell me what’s famous “over there”, and then even more bemused to find you’re all down with Jessie J (as well you might be) but have scant …
Not only do the bride and groom play Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” at their wedding reception, they smoke it: The entire wedding had a Beatles theme and bride and groom, Annette Ortiz-Diaz and Dennis Diaz, each play in OC area bands. Together they formed an all-Asian Metallica tribute band called Trapped Under Rice. As reported …
PJ Soles, star of Rock’n Roll High School, Stripes, Carrie and more, will make public appearances in Portland on May 21 and 22, 2011. All relevant info can be found here. On Saturday May 21 at 1 pm, Stripes will be shown at Cinema 21, 616 NW 21ST. Ms. Soles will introduce the film and …
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: The Village Voice blogs have posted a fantastic Q&A with Rock’n Roll High School Director, Allan Arkush. Interview may be found here. . . . .
Since 2009, disarming hottie Zooey Deschanel has been married to boyishly charming musician Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.