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John Lennon was the Beatles' most committed rock & roller, their social conscience, and their slyest verbal wit. After the group's breakup, he and his second wife, Yoko Ono, carried on intertwined solo careers. Ono's early albums presaged the elastic, screechy vocal style of late- '70s new wavers like the B-52's and Lene Lovich. L7 and Babes in Toyland have also been influenced by and benefited from Ono's attitudinal, emotionally trailblazing work. Lennon strove to break taboos and to be ruthlessly, publicly honest. When he was murdered on December 8, 1980, he and Ono seemed on the verge of a new, more optimistic phase
All About Music—My AAJ Experience
by Alan Bryson
Music & Taste Music and food have a lot in common. Variety is the key--without it, even the best prepared food loses its appeal. It is telling that we speak of “musical taste," even though we experience music through our ears. Genres like jazz and classical music weave together themes, patterns, harmonies, and mathematical ...
Marshall Crenshaw: From "The Hellhole"
by Doug Collette
In something of a reflection of its sardonic title, Marshall Crenshaw's From “The Hellhole" is not an album of all-new, never-before-recorded original material. It consists instead of revamped versions of recordings the Detroit native 'completed' for release in various forms in recent years (not the least of which is the now out-of-print #392: The EP Collection ...
John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs
by Doug Collette
John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs Ian Leslie 448 Pages ISBN: # 9781250869548 Celadon Books 2025 Considering the reams of research and writing devoted to the Beatles since their monumental success in the early '60s, it seems almost implausible any writer could find a fresh perspective on ...
Interpreting the Lennon / McCartney Songbook, part 4: Abbey Road & Let It Be
by Larry Slater
In this final installment of interpretations of the John Lennon and Paul McCartney songbook, we turn to music from the last few Beatles albums... The White Album, Abbey Road and Let it Be. By the end of the '60s, the Lennon/McCartney partnership had fractured beyond repair; McCartney's superior musical skills were respected but resented ...
Interpreting the Lennon/ McCartney Songbook: Part 2, Rubber Soul and Revolver
by Larry Slater
The songwriting team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney became increasingly sophisticated by the mid 1960s. McCartney was the more knowledgeable musically, as he played piano and understood harmony (though he never did learn to read music). Much of John Lennon's writing had a harder edge, and he had a way with lyrics. The albums Rubber ...
Various Artists: Scarborough Jazz Festival Present: 2024 Live Festival Compilation
by Neil Duggan
In the late 1960s, record labels introduced inexpensive compilation albums that typically focused on specific genres. These collections strategically paired established artists with emerging talents. By doing so, they offered listeners an accessible entry point to discover multiple artists within a particular scene--essentially functioning as an early form of playlist. While such musical curation now primarily ...
Joe Syrian: Secret Message
by Richard J Salvucci
A title like Secret Message does make a listener wonder what it might be. Is it deeply subversive, like the Zimmerman Telegram, or apocalyptic, like Fatima? Of course, as someone is reputed to have said, 'Sometimes, a cigar is just a smoke.' So it is possible to over-interpret a title, which may, in the final analysis, ...
The 1,400th Edition Of One Man’s Jazz
by Maurice Hogue
When you're older than dirt like I am, each show completed is a milestone, and happily, I'm still around to arrive at 1,400 in the life of this show. For some of these milestones, I try to do something a little different. I always say this show is about the music and the people who make ...
Howard University Jazz Ensemble 2024: A Return to Glory
by Jack Bowers
The Howard University Jazz Ensemble celebrates its golden anniversary in 2024 with the release of its annual studio recording, A Return to Glory, dedicated this year to Howard alumnus Chadwick Boseman, an acclaimed actor best known for his starring role in the film Black Panther and his masterful film portrayals of baseball star Jackie Robinson and ...
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