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[Image above: Ed Ruscha ] "This is kind of a personal question, but does music ever scare you?" A Manhattan School of Music studen...

If you stripped the term "smooth jazz" of every single negative connotation, and then sought out the epitome of what those words a...

Anyone got any solid suggestions re: where to donate for Haiti relief? What a terrible thing this is. ///// Two exceedingly less important i...

It's the first week of the new year, and it's a busy one, musicwise and otherwise. Coming off a solidly lengthy "winter break...

*Each member of the Time Out New York music staff recently compiled a list of the top ten albums of the decade. Here is mine. A tough cut ...

Last night I saw The For Carnation play in Brooklyn. Here , via the Volume, is a review of the concert. Showgoing-wise, it's been an alm...

I'm honored to be a part of a 2009 year-in-jazz e-mail conversation, hosted by Nate Chinen and also including contributions from fellow ...

You can check out a list of my top ten jazz records of 2009 over at the Jazzhouse blog. The roundup also includes one DVD, one book, ten ho...

Been spending time with two important new works of music history. ///// Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original As expec...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. One solid reason to be grateful: the recent news that Morbid Angel has signed with the Season of Mist label ...