Remembering Earthman Kelan Phil Cohran
Kelan Phil Cohran (May 8, 1927-June 28, 2017) was an influential jazz musician, composer, civil rights activist, inventor, educator, artist, philosopher, astron...
Category: Music History
Nigerian Afrobeat: The Women
No doubt many social factors prevented women artists from being recorded in Nigeria during the emerging 1970s pop scene. Chief among them was the disreputable v...
Keeping Up with the Jones – Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami
In Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami (2017), director Sophie Fiennes follows Jones, documenting her from 2008 while she was recording her last album, Hurricane...
The Wonderful World of Electronic Voice Phenomena
EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) are sounds or voices that are transmitted through electronic sources. They can be recorded and heard during or after playback f...
Khánh Ly
Ten years ago I was sipping rice wine on the floor of a tiny bar in Sapa, Vietnam. The amiable bartender, a 15 year old boy wearing an ACDC t-shirt and plastic...
Four is Also a Magic Number
Being an exceedingly average guy, I spent the years following high school dabbling in community college, working in kitchens at local restaurants, and spending ...
Los Punks: We Are All We Have- A Definitive Look at the Continuing Latino Punk Scene in Los Angeles
Punk subculture was born in the 1970’s from oppressed youth who wanted no part in conforming to the colonial mass culture surrounding them. The movement was “ag...
Happy Birthday Amancio D’Silva!
Today is Amancio D’Silva’s birthday. A master Indian jazz guitarist who was known for his own recordings and collaborations with Joe Harriet and Sta...
Freeform Portland celebrates the music of Jason Molina
This week marks the five-year anniversary of the death of Jason Molina, a songwriter and musician who recorded under his own name, and under the guise of bands ...
Distilled Perfection: Nostalgia and the garage rock revival
Nostalgia is a funny thing. It turns a blind eye to parts of the past we would rather forget, and allows the happy bits to filter through, creating a false, coz...