I have a friend who calls for it regardless of the venue or group at a musical performance. Joe Wilson shouted for it during an Obama speech—or was it something else?—and everyone aspires to play...
The soundtrack to one of the most popular movies of the ’80s hardly seems like fodder for a cover album from a keyboardist collaborating with some of the biggest names in independent music. But...
Automania
The great conductor Leopold Stokowski once said that “a painter paints pictures on canvas, but musicians paint their pictures on silence.” With that in mind, here’s a smattering of...
Junk Culture: “West Coast”
The name of this one-man mash-up machine is certainly appropriate. Like a Collyer brother, Deepak Mantena hoards samples from a vast array of sources. Unlike a Collyer...
It’s always great to have a home team worth cheering for, and seeing them ascend quickly through the ranks only serves to further galvanize support.
Only a few years after being teammates in a summer...
