Posted in October, 2016

Takuya Kuroda

Takuya Kuroda doesn’t seem content to play in just one sandbox. The title, Zigzagger, hints that we’re dealing with an unrelentingly restless spirit here, and his fifth album backs it up … Read more

Three Cool IK Multimedia Products

By Jonny Rosch After spending six years at Harvard Law School, and then another eight years at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, it started to become apparent to me that … Read more

BOBBY RUSH!

Photo by Arnie Goodman Bobby Rush plays B.B. King’s—his only scheduled New York appearance. Mississippi blues legend, three-time Grammy nominee, multi-Blues Music Award winner Bobby Rush celebrates Porcupine Meat, his Rounder … Read more

Goodbye….”Invisible Man”

Rod Temperton, British composer and musician, died last week following a brief battle with cancer. He was 66. Often referred to as “The Invisible Man,” Temperton  wrote songs such as … Read more

Music Midtown Festival

Photos by Kalyn Oyer As I entered Piedmont Park on Saturday, I enjoyed the sweet serenades of City and Colour from afar… this was my second Music Midtown encounter, my last … Read more

Tom Jones

All Photos by Ehud Lazin Drums and guitar played alone on a darkened stage as Tom Jones entered, singing John Lee Hooker’s “Burning Hell.” At 76, he looked trim in … Read more

Si Cranstoun

Classic soul fans are quickly catching on to the sixth CD by British singer/songwriter Si Cranstoun, an Old School where dancing is everyone’s major. Heavily influenced by 1950s and 1960s … Read more