Earl Hines turns in some bluesy piano work bolstered by an interesting drum patter. And while all of this works on its own, Sidney Bechet's contribution gets the song over and takes it somewhere new...
Sometimes the comments section on YouTube offers up some pretty hefty insights. This isn't one of those times, but here's an astute assessment of John Lydon's career. "You've got...Read More
Much more dynamic than Eggling's earlier effort, Harry Smith colorized and expanded on the possiblities set for in earlier experimental films. There's still no narrative - natch....Read More
To define No Wave is to kill it. The genre only properly functioned for a few years at the tail end of the seventies and briefly into the eighties. What seemingly wound up...Read More
It’s neither good or bad that a great deal of music coming out of twentieth century South America has hints of politicism about it. That’s just how it goes. Partially, that all...Read More