Nightcrawler: Starbucking The System
It's certainly not an uncommon sight… band members in a major label waiting room making pinky promises and crossing fingers, as Antigone Rising's Kristen Henderson and Cassidy were one fateful afternoon at Atlantic Records early last year. While most in...
Jazz Not Jazz
Bill Frisell is often dubbed a jazz guitarist, but it's quickly clear that his music is far broader than that limiting handle. Frisell's discography is evidence of journeys into American music of all kinds, and of a distinctive style of playing.Often armed...
Sound Check: When You're Downtown
Downtown Sounds is something of a Northampton institution, not the only music store in downtown, but the only one that's readily visible, tucked away just off the main intersection and next-door to Pleasant Street Theater. (The theater building is now owned by Joe...What's a Word Worth?
The rapper Nas has thrust the word "nigger" back into the limelight by making it the title of his new album. Such a move seems improbably provocative given the increased public scrutiny hip-hop has received recently in the wake of the Michael Richards and...E-Edition
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