Todd Barkan, jazz historian, raconteur, producer and artistic director, has had a passionate love affair with music for most of his life. Read More
Every new season, a network will cancel a show (at least) that a ton of people like. Read More
Somehow, it's been more than a month since our last shameless promo for StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , which features a different online music video each day. Read More
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Genius is a word that is often bandied about but when used to describe the talent of Ray Charles it hits the mark. Read More
Big Buck and the Biscuit Boys have their own flavor of music. Read More
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Album about American cities and states charted for 50 weeks. Read More
Although not a huge name in jazz, Melvin Sparks brought his Grant Green -influenced guitar to quite a few soul-jazz and organ-combo recordings of the late '60s and early '70s. Read More
With an unmistakable blues wail, full of emotion and poignancy, altoist Hank Crawford bridges the gap between that tradition ... Read the full Hank Crawford bio.