I HAVE A ´BUT´ but don´t know what that but is, about Springsteen. by Norman Warwick

Springsteen’s latest recording reassembles an E Street Band in peak form on nine newly written songs and three he’s had kicking around since before his 1973 debut.

JAZZ JAMMED INTO CRATES

The people at Jazziz also remember rummaging through the record stores. That’s why they are rebooting that tradition for the digital age with their Crate Digging video series, in which they search through crates of memories to bring you a handful of album recommendations on a given theme. It’s social media in the truest sense of the term: no algorithms, no computer-generated playlist.
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Looking for my FUNNY VALENTINE

The forever open and never answered question of can we and should we separate Art from the Artist, (as asked in our archived article Standing Between Art And The Artist 21st January 2021) is forever present although in the case of Chet Baker,
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AN ARROW THROUGH MY ART

In addition to their specialty in Spanish music they have the interpretation of the traditional repertoire for piano duo, so in their recitals it is common to find works by living composers, with whom they work directly, such as A. Guinovart, A. García Abril, C. Garriga, R. Ashkenar, C. Díaz Pestano, M. Bonino, etc.
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FRIENDS dancing down the roads of the nation

there are now over forty albums by these artists alone that, figuratively at least, have ´as first heard from Pete Benbow´ stamped on their covers.
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WHOLE NEW MEANINGS of ´Presidential.´

We are not tasked to select the ironic bits over the sincere bits or vice versa because all of those things are overlaid and interwoven.
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STANDING BETWEEN ART AND ARTIST

We make a mistake when we assume that the artist is forever linked to their art. It’s not a question of should we separate them but instead ask why do we continue to insist they were ever one thing to begin with? Doing so has led to some incredibly worrisome phenomena.
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LINDA RONDSTADT: and the mocking birds.

Look at the list of songwriters Linda Ronstadt has covered, and how much respect she has paid to their material. Then look again at the song titles just to remind yourself of her impeccable taste.

HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?

what a wonderful world

´NEATH THE STRENGTH OF STRINGS

I can’t put into words how special it was to hear Doc Watson live or on album in those early days. What people don’t realize is how much Clarence White influenced Doc; they had a lot of mutual respect for each other.´