The Great Art Blakey
Art Blakey is one of the great jazz drummers as well as a founder of The Jazz Messengers, which had a 35 year run (from 1955 to 1990). Blakey worked with hard bop pianist Horace Silver, and they are credited as co-founders …
Many Choices in Finding the Right Turntable Speakers
Finding the best turntable speakers is one of the most important things an individual interested in high fidelity in general and vinyl in particular can do. There is a great variety of products and price points. And, even before that, there is …
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Les Paul was a Giant
Les Paul is a giant both for his guitar playing and his contribution to music technology. Paul–Lester William Polsfuss–was born in Wisconsin in 1915. His Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bio points to his invention of overdubbing, multi-tracking and other …
Be a Show Off: Album Cover Display Options
Album cover display products, while very inexpensive, are vital to a task many vinyl aficionados feel strongly about: Displaying covers with which they have an emotional attachment. Think about it for a moment: Today, a person’s entire music universe can fit in …
B.B. King is Gone. The Thrill is Not
B.B. King , who died in 2015, is one of the most important musicians the U.S. has produced. King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Here is part of the very well written very well …
Thanks for (Digitizing) the Memories
Perhaps you are one of the many people who are interested in the reborn world of vinyl. You have crates of old records that you love. For many years — between the time that vinyl gave way to digital and when it …
Song Focus: “People Get Ready”
“People Get Ready” is special for three reasons. First, of course, is that it is a terrific song. The second is that it’s deeply universal. Finally, Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” it invites covers and interpretations by other artists. “People Get Ready” was the …
Finding the Best Turntable Stand
Finding the right record player stand or turntable stand is common sense. That’s quite a relief after dealing with cartridge needle angles, phono stage decibel levels, the relative merits of passive and active speakers and all the other highly technical elements of …
Video: 3 Reasons The Grateful Dead were Great
Millions of words have been written about The Grateful Dead. Indeed, it’s hard to think of a band that is more of a lightning rod in a way that is to a great degree distinct from the music they played. That’s really …
Finding the Best Portable Record Player
Have tunes, will travel. Who would think that a totally portable record player built into a suitcase would be such a big thing? Well, it is. And finding the best portable record player is not necessarily a matter of money. These devices …
Gospel According to Moise Burks
Gospel is great music that perhaps people shy away from because of its unabashed religious content. This may be because the listener doesn’t share the faith (or perhaps have any faith at all) and feel that they are intruding on somebody’s else’s …
Finding the Best Vinyl Record Cleaner
Many folks have a pile of old records that they wish to play. It’s about the music. But it also is about the memories. It should also be about finding the best vinyl record cleaner. Vinyl (and often the equipment that plays …