THROUGH THE LENS: Great Musical Moments at Sea Aboard Cayamo 2023
Since 2008, Cayamo, the annual cruise billing itself as "A Journey Through Song," has gained a well-deserved reputation for bringing together a rather eclectic group of roots musicians for a weeklong sail through the Caribbean. This year’s edition embarked on Feb. 10 from Miami with stops in
The Milk Carton Kids Announce New Album, ‘I Only See the Moon’
There’s something about The Milk Carton Kids’ music that shoots straight at the heart, cutting through the noise with a simple beauty that makes clear what really matters.
The Grammy-nominated duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan announced a new album of gorgeous songs today. I Only See the
BONUS TRACKS: The Opry’s Apology to DeFord Bailey, Eli Winter on Touring, and More
As part of its live programming marking Black History Month, the Grand Ole Opry aired video last weekend of an apology it formally issued last August to harmonica player and early Opry performer DeFord Bailey for dismissing him in 1941. Old Crow Medicine Show and its frontman, Ketch Secor, were
THE READING ROOM: Critic Stanley Crouch’s Essays Think Deeply About Music and Culture
Toward the end of James Baldwin’s story “Sonny’s Blues,” the narrator, Sonny’s brother, visits the jazz club where Sonny is playing. Through much of the story, the narrator struggles with his brother Sonny’s deep passion for jazz and has difficulty understanding Sonny’s love of and
ALBUM REVIEW: Dougie Poole Whirls With ‘The Rainbow Wheel of Death’
Anyone who has ever sat in front of a computer screen knows it well: that spinning multicolor wheel that seems to imply an infinite period of waiting. Singer-songwriter Dougie Poole has managed to turn this little symbol into the ultimate metaphor for his third album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death.
‘Soul’d Out’ Collection Celebrates Landmark 1972 Wattstax Concert
Featuring the entire Stax Records roster of soul, blues, and gospel artists, the Wattstax concert on Aug. 20, 1972, was no mere label showcase. Organized in commemoration of the 1965 riots in Watts, California, instigated by police brutality and longstanding systemic inequality, it was a celebration of Black pride and