100 Greatest Jazz albums of all time
Amazon has just published their take on the 100 greatest jazz albums of all time. I had a great time going through this list, remembering music that I have not […]
Category: Music History
Cymande
Our “Featured Band” series is meant to introduce you to fantastic music that you might not yet have heard. Rarely has an “unknown band” had such a tremendous impact on […]
Electronic music in the 1920’s – the ondes Martenot
The ondes Martenot (which is French for “Martenot waves”, also known as the ondium Martenot, Martenot and ondes musicales) is one of the first electronic musical instruments ever created. It […]
A new record for vinyl (no pun intended)
Pop, crackle, hiss. No, this isn’t the sound of the new b-grade Rice Crispies. The music-buying public, deeply enamored with digital downloads, is abandoning the compact disc in droves, but […]
Great musicians who we lost in 2008
They come, they leave their mark, they go, they are remembered. Most musicians try to “stand on the shoulders of giants” by learning and studying the work of the greats. […]
