Derek Menchan: A Special Interview
The multi-instrumentalist opens up on influences that shaped his The Griot Swings the Classics.
The multi-instrumentalist opens up on influences that shaped his The Griot Swings the Classics.
Couldn’t let 2018 get past us without a few quick takes!
Three months before his death, Miles Davis revisited his earlier work with Gil Evans. Live at Montreux is an incredible glimpse of his genius.
The Complete Reprise Recordings (Concord Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
With almost 90,000 registrants and over 1,300 exhibitors, this years’ Winter NAMM showcased the latest in musical gear and broke a couple of records while doing it. Elianne Halbersberg shares some highlights.
Message From The People (Concord). Review by Carl F Gauze.
From Quincy with Love (Qwest/Warner Bros.). Review by David Whited
In The Heat of the Night/They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (Rykodisc). Review by Patrick Lowenstein
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.