Category: micropost
Feel-Ins, Know-Ins, Be-Ins | The New York Review
A newly reissued recording proves that the late saxophonist Pharoah Sanders could get the grandest of effects from the humblest of riffs.
A Music Podcast Unlike Any Other | The New Yorker
Put simply, Hickey has selected five hundred songs that he thinks delineate the history of what came to be called rock and roll, and he is devoting an episode to each.
The Unapologetic Brilliance of Sinéad O’Connor | The New Yorker
This, I think, is what O’Connor always wanted: anguish, laid bare. And then a gorgeous moment of communion, a weight lifted, a reminder that we do not have to be alone in our despair.
An Ensemble of One | The New York Review
Abdul Wadud’s intelligence and stylistic flexibility, displayed to such great effect on By Myself, are the qualities that made him a treasured accompanist to so many leading creative musicians.