eMusic Archives: March 2007
African Guitar Greats
Sure, African music begins with the drum — there, rhythm talks, doe… more »
From the Vault: Archers of Loa…
Around the turn of the century, a zine piece called "Band-a-Minute" made … more »
Between the Notes: Vert
For music junkies, one of the worst — and sometimes best — de… more »
The Friends of Old Time Music
There's something peculiarly untrustworthy about recorded music. The … more »
Rosie Thomas Wears Her Heart o…
Seattle-based Rosie Thomas recently released a wonderful and delicate lit… more »
Operatic Tenors
Opera attracts some of the most fanatical and knowledgeable superfans in … more »
Ben Westbeech, Welcome To The …
For anyone claiming to sing 'soul' in the 21st century — an… more »
21st Century Bebop
Bebop is the fundamental vehicle by which the carbohydrates of modern jaz… more »
The I-Migration of Outsular Ar…
Familiar, yet not: music's language spoken with an accent, refracted … more »
Violinist Leroy Jenkins' E…
Leroy Jenkins died on February 24, at age 74, and if you want to know wha… more »
Cusco's Lullaby In Dreamla…
During the mid-to-late '90s, Art Bell wasn't just the king of lat… more »
Thee Midnighters, In Thee Midn…
"Whittier Boulevard," a 1965 single by East Los Angeles 'Ch… more »
Shorty Walks Tall
Guitar Shorty recently treated me to the best live blues show I've se… more »
The Strange Case of Joyce Hatt…
When the British pianist Joyce Hatto died on June 30, 2006, of the cancer… more »
Martin Jones, Piano Music…
When Stravinsky encountered ragtime, he saw in it the American equivalent… more »
William Bell
Born in Memphis in 1939, William Bell arrived at Stax in 1961, and quickl… more »
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Light…
The Houston charmer Lightnin 'Hopkins cut this as he was making the t… more »
Wu Man & Ensemble, Chines…
The pipa is a four-string Chinese lute whose history goes back two millen… more »
First Choice, The Best Of Firs…
Played by the same musicians who comprised MFSB, First Choice's sole … more »
From the Vault: Carlos Santana…
At the time of this concert, recorded on July 14, 1988, at the Montreux J… more »
Irish Pop and Rock
The legion of writers, poets, singers and musicians who've populated … more »