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Jukebox. Them Crooked Vultures In a recent Reddit AMA, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme expressed interest in restarting the ensemble band Them Crooked Vultures, which included Foo Fighters’s frontman Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. He expressed interest, but said that it wasn’t his call, that it was up to […]
Life in New York – Told by Musicians and Retold by Haney SONNY ROLLINS recounts his BRIDGE STORY – STEVE SWALLOW recalls a trip to Jamaica with HERBIE NICHOLS – GUNTER HAMPEL talks about THELONIOUS MONK – RANDY WESTON on the early days in BROOKLYN JULIAN PRIESTER talks about moving from Chicago to NEW YORK IN 1957 DAVE FRISHBERG […]
Left of the Dial – Giving Thanks – a Column by Mike Stampalia. November is a thankful month: Veterans Day and, of course, Thanksgiving. I’ve lived in the Capital District nearly my entire life, and I am an unapologetic booster. But why? What’s so great about our neck of the woods? Aren’t we supposed to […]
Pat Metheny is a musician that musicians want to have on speed dial. Acclaimed, versatile, and with a career spanning five decades, Metheny redefines genres like it’s his job. It kind of is. I reached out to Pat, and below is the ol’ razzle dazzle. RRX: As of this writing, you’re launching into a U.S. […]
The love of music is universal. The joy of happening upon a killer bass riff is the joy of a flawless execution of a passage by DeBussey. They both make you feel, they both give you a rush. But this is on the musicians’ end. The music lover, the music listener, may simply be moved […]
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