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Roy Brooks was a brilliant drummer whose later life was marred by mental illness and a stint in prison, but whose playing throughout the 1960s and 1970s put him at the forefront of the music. …| burning ambulance
Roy Brooks was a brilliant drummer whose later life was marred by mental illness and a stint in prison, but whose playing throughout the 1960s and 1970s put him at the forefront of the music. …| burning ambulance
Bill Dixon was born October 5, 1925 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He spoke with a strong New England accent and a Yankee’s disdain for pretense. He said what he meant and did not suffer fools. Two years before his death, I interviewed him for The Wire. It turned out to be his last major interview, and the first thing he said to me … Continue reading →| burning ambulance
On the fourth Friday of each month, we review five new albums, sometimes focusing on a single genre and other times grabbing whatever’s been sounding good. This month, we’re dealing with metal. More specifically, death metal, because as summer comes to an end, it’s time for downtuned riffs and guttural roars. So let’s get in the pit! Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson once … Continue reading →| burning ambulance
Ramleh arose out of the early ’80s UK industrial/noise scene that also produced Whitehouse and Sutcliffe Jugend, and like those acts, they seemed like the next step after T…| burning ambulance
Jayne Cortez was born on a US military base in 1934. That wasn’t her name then, but what matters is who we are when we’re making art, so Jayne Cortez she is. She grew up in Los Angeles, steeped in music and art, particularly jazz; she said in an interview, “When a new Charlie Parker record came out, I had … Continue reading →| burning ambulance
I saw James Brown live once. It was in early 1994, at Radio City Music Hall. My father took my wife and me. This was a surprise, because my father was not a big live-music guy (he took me…| burning ambulance
