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An Atlanta Legend

10/8/2009 “I want eight crapshooters for my pallbearers, let ‘em all be dressed down in black. I want nine men going to the graveyard, but only eight mens coming back. I want...

They’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse

Fake Surfers, the fourth album from Seattle’s junk-punk, noise-pop foursome the Intelligence, begins like the opening scene from The Godfather. The opening track slowly pans across hazy tones while a haunted, sci-fi traipse...

Rhythm with an attitude!

Every once in a while, a musician of such skill and dexterity comes along that seeing him perform live makes you stop dead in your tracks and say, “Whoa.” Seattle drummer Kevin...

Strange Flare in Music

Jonathan Kane holds a strange musical pedigree. His drumming on the first Swans record Filth shaped the antagonistic scrape of American industrial rock throughout the ’80s, but he fancies himself a bluesman. “I...

Remembering a Legacy

High priestess of soul Nina Simone was a true diva. Her imperious manner, both on and off stage, could intimidate audiences and critics alike. But daughter Simone, né Lisa Simone Kelly, hasn’t cowered...

Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

Rolling Stone’s Top Stories

• Watch Exclusive New Runaways Clip • Beastie Boys Delay Hot Sauce to Late 2010 • Exclusive Premiere: Yeasayer’s “O.N.E.” • MGMT Unveil New Song “Flash Delirium” • Smashing Pumpkins Seek Two New...

Tour Tracker: Black Eyed Peas, Hot Chip and Melvins

Photo: Brown/Getty Black Eyed Peas reveal the second North American leg of their The E.N.D. jaunt, Hot Chip add some April dates to their One Life Stand tour and Melvins plan to...

New Reviews: Broken Bells, Jimi Hendrix and BRMC

Last week RS talked up Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach in New Reviews, so today we’re spotlighting Breaking band Broken Bells, a collaboration between the Shins’ James Mercer and Demon Days producer Danger Mouse. The...

Rolling Stone at SXSW 2010: 100 Tweets, Two Showcases and More

Next week when hundreds of bands head to Texas for the annual South By Southwest Music Festival, Rolling Stone will be on the ground in Austin bringing you incredible photos, interviews, our...

LCD Soundsystem Debut “Greenberg” Track “Oh You (Christmas Blues)”

Photo: Wargo/WireImage A new LCD Soundsystem track hit the Internet last night, but “Oh You (Christmas Blues)” isn’t off James Murphy’s upcoming LCD album. Instead, the bluesy number is one of dozen or...

SWEAT Soulful House

Episode 8

Thanks family for your continued support, here's another mix for your listening and dancing pleasure. The following tracks are included, Deep, Sexy and Soulful Juju (Black Coffee) House Negro (Bennito) Tribal Dance (Darque)...

Taurus The Bull SWEAT Session #1

This mix, we're introducing DJ Taurus The Bull, a sexy blend of Deep, Sexy and Soulful House music for your listening and dancing pleasure. Happy New Year!

1/2 of Seven D

SWEAT family and house head community, here is a little gem I found on the hard drive...Enjoy! MA

SWEAT Presents: MichaelAlan's SoUnDtRaCk SoUnDeRgRoUnD

MichaelAlan's latest soulful house music mix SoUnDtRaCk SoUnDeRgRoUnD is a musical full course meal! Bring your appetite!!! Pass it on!!! www.myspace.com/sweatdeephouseatl Sweatdeephouse@hotmail.com

Inside the Mind of aSerial Mixer - MichaelAlan

Take a House Music tour with SWEAT's Michaelalan! sweatdeephouse@hotmail.com www.myspace.com/sweatdeephouseatl

IWasDoingAllRight - Jazz Blog, Jazz Trumpet, Ear Training, Atlanta Jazz

Jazz improvisation recordings, 2010

This page contains my jazz improvisation recordings from 2009. As you'll hear below, these jazz recordings feature such highlights as cracked notes, poor note choice, unsteady rhythm, and meandering phrases! And that's why recording...

Christian McBride - master class

Last weekend, Christian McBride was in town for a concert with his new band, "Inside Straight." If you don't already know, Christian McBride is one of the most in-demand jazz bassists on...

Seven-year anniversary

ANNIVERSARIES - ARTICLE LINKS Two-year anniversary Three-year anniversary ...

Jazz improvisation recordings, 2009

This page contains my jazz improvisation recordings from 2009. As you'll hear below, these jazz recordings feature such highlights as cracked notes, poor note choice, unsteady rhythm, and meandering phrases! And that's why recording...

Bruce Staelens - Seattle reunion

When I was twelve years old, I started taking trumpet lessons with Bruce Staelens, a trumpet player and jazz musician located in Orlando, Florida. Each week I'd look forward to my lessons, but mostly...

EW.com: Music Reviews

Plastic Beach

Reviewed by Leah Greenblatt | B

Valleys of Neptune

Reviewed by Tom Sinclair | B-

Broken Bells

Reviewed by Leah Greenblatt | B+

Scratch My Back

Reviewed by Simon Vozick-Levinson | B

Jason Derulo

Reviewed by Mikael Wood | C+

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Van Morrison at DAR Constitution Hall ~ The Concert and the Interview

Washington, DC Van Morrison's gift was the ability to cop a religious experience from the little stuff--the shade of a redwood tree; Jackie Wilson on a staticky radio; a glass...

Reviewed: John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Live in Toronto '69

Washington, DC Beatles freaks love milestones, and when it comes to the big one--what moment portended the group's demise?--there's no shortage of possibilities. Was it the phone call Paul received chez the Maharishi...

Review: Tito Puente, Dance Mania

Tampa-Sarasota Mainstream America's embracement of Latin music really took hold in the latter half of the 1950s with the "mambo craze." Despite its faddish overtones and eventual disintegration into novelty ("Mambo Italiano"),...

Little Feat

Charlotte The latest incarnation of the band has been touring for more than 20 years, including founding member Bill Payne. Shaun Murphy, who played with the band since 1993, appearing on...

Review: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Beware

Atlanta Despite the foreboding title and bleak black and white cover art -- a curious nod to the first Danzig album -- Bonnie "Prince" Billy's Beware is an inviting entry into Will Oldham's...