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In recent years, few concepts have resonated as much as toxic masculinity. From how it plays in personal relationships to how people engage with culture, it’s gone from the specialized world of academics to everyday…
There may not be a more overlooked figure in modern jazz than Carla Bley. With a career that stretches back over 50 years and a resume that includes stints with John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Gary…
At the time of his death in 1964, Eric Dolphy wasn’t exactly a household name. Despite a career working alongside heavyweights like John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, his career as a leader was packed into…
Oral storytelling’s a key feature of many cultures; it’s said that Homer sang his stories to audiences in ancient Greece. And in his new novel, An Orchestra of Minorities, Chigozie Obioma uses oral storytelling as…
Author and novelist Mavis Gallant once wrote that a book of her stories should be read individually, so each of her stories is spaced out and given that much more power. I can’t think of…
On it’s release in 1975, Blood on the Tracks was seen as a return. To Columbia Records, to songs based on his experiences, and to form. After years playing with The Band, dabbling in rock,…
When news broke about Willie Nelson doing an album of Frank Sinatra tunes, the first instinct was to read the headline again. He’s doing what? But after a moment of reflection, it makes sense. Nelson…
At the time of his death in 1979, Grant Green had been part of the jazz scene for close to two decades, a career seeing him as part of Blue Note’s stable of musicians during…
Always something of the bridesmaid of the 70s crop of British progressive rock bands, Procol Harum burst onto the scene with a hit single, and despite a run of compelling records, never quite had the…
