music notes
Paul discussed the death of Toots Hibbert, so I will focus a bit on the other major musical death of the last couple of weeks, which is the great jazz.
The big news in music right now is the death of Justin Townes Earle. He had both the blessing and the curse of being the son of Steve Earle and.
John Zorn writes in the Times on the late, great Ennio Morricone, arguing that he was one of the greatest composers of all-time, period. You don't have to convince me..
Let's start with this interview with the great Sonny Rollins, still alive and active at the age of 89, even though he can't play anymore. But he's still politically aware.
Let's talk tunes! I didn't really spend enough time last week talking about the life and impact of Little Richard. But you really need to read Bill Wyman on his.
There are two huge names in the music world who died this week. But I want to focus on a third: Wussy's guitarist John Erhardt. This is a devastating loss.
It is Fiona Apple's world and we are just living in it. I review her album below, but there's plenty of great material on her in recent days and weeks..
The loss of John Prine is, for me, the biggest loss of COVID-19 thus far. I don't have that much to add beyond what Scott and Simon wrote. I saw.