Dog Ears Music: Born in March Playlist
This week we review music by Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonya Kitchell, Fergie and more.
This week we review music by Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonya Kitchell, Fergie and more.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2011
Pat Metheny's new album is titled What's It All About, which is based off a line from the song "Alfie." Since this is an unusual approach for Pat Metheny, he tracked him down to talk about it.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011
Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011
One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.
Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011
It's a harsh dose of reality when you realize that you're getting older and you find that your viewpoint toward what you love is not what it used to be.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Legendary jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis has been accumulating a series of honors, with the upcoming NEA's Jazz Masters Award being one of the most prestigious yet.
Robert Rodi | Posted 05.25.2011
Great jazz players like Dan Tabion and Jarrad Harris remind you of how exciting understatement can be.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Mostly celebrating jazz's 1959 frontier, six classic albums have been re-imagined as Legacy Editions, expanding each of the originals by adding an extra disc.
Matthew Kohut | Posted 05.25.2011
How does a music festival remain edgy and relevant? The British fest Meltdown 09 made news recently by tapping Ornette Coleman as director of this year's event.
Dennis Perrin | Posted 05.25.2011
Little wonder that Tina Fey says she would've been frightened to work on the original SNL. It wasn't for the faint-hearted.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.02.2012