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What the Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Safety

What the Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough: Safety

What major festivals are getting right, and why smaller gigs must catch up

July 25, 2025

What the Music Industry Doesn’t Talk About Enough — No Artist Makes It Alone

Artists may have the voice, but it’s the managers who make sure the world listens, and keeps listening

July 14, 2025

Jazz Corner: A Women’s Day Salute to the Remarkable Indian Jazz Vocalists

From Pam Crain and Asha Puthli to Usha Uthup, Vasundhara Vee and more

March 7, 2025

JoJo’s Bizarre Musical Adventure: Dirty Work, Steely Dan

We’re back with another installment of JoJo’s Bizarre Musical Adventure…Once again, beware the spoilers!

February 20, 2025

Jazz Corner: Is There A Need For Music Categories?

On the unnecessary need to pigeonhole modern music and whether categorization truly makes it easier to understand or appreciate

January 21, 2025

Jazz Corner: Alternate Jazz Masterpieces – Part 2

From Ray Charles to Sonny Rollins, O.C. Smith and more, here are under-the-radar jazz masterpiece albums you need to hear

January 2, 2025

Get Closer: The Intimate Gaze of Films at NYFF62

A second intimacy arises between our lives and those unfolding on screen…and in setting their sights on exploring ordinary lives…

November 28, 2024

Jazz Corner: Alternate Jazz Masterpieces – Part 1

From Miles Davis to Carmen McRae, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Phineas Newborn Jr.

November 25, 2024

Jazz Corner: The Charm Of Latin Jazz

From Mario Bauza’s ‘Tanga’ to Joao Gilberto and Dizzy Gillespie

October 29, 2024

Pop Stuff: The Taste Test for ‘The Bear’ Goes Through ‘Middlemarch’

The series approaches story in the timbre of a great Victorian novel, something we’ve lost patience for in a relentless…

September 19, 2024