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What’s up with the Spotify business model?

…new music in many genres. But now that most of the KDHX DJs I listened to have quit or been fired as the management turned away from the community radio…

Talking Smack about Tr__p

…singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music, specifically by singing. Therefore, all singers are musicians, but not all musicians are singers. But as the article author…

Intermission

…Personally, my favorite is the late 60 to early 70’s, along with blues and Motown. We’re no polished act, but we manage to make a tune sound like music and…

In Which I Draw the Wrath of LG&M

Lukas Foss has died. He’s one of those composers/conductors who lead the way to contemporary classical music. More honored than beloved, his reputation will, I expect, improve with time….

Pharoah Sanders Has Passed

Pharoah Sanders Has Passed  One of the greatest musical performances I ever saw live was in Spring 1966, sorry have not tracked down exact date, in the University of Wisconsin-Union…

Soc Sec XIX: Narratology of ‘Crisis’

…as it had developed in the fifties. For the next twenty two years it was going to be our music, our fashion, our sensibility that would rule the day. Now…