Frank Zappa Released Three Records in 1970
adminFrank’s three releases in the year 1970 consisted of Burnt Weenie Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh, recordings by the original Mothers of Invention tweaked and edited by Zappa, plus…
Read MoreLaurie Anderson collaborates on Songs from the Bardo
Laurie Anderson, musician and visual/conceptual artist, has made her bones exploring the intersection between the deep philosophical ruminations of fine art and the commercial world of popular culture, with results…
Read MoreWendy Carlos, Beethoven, and Kubrick
How Wendy Carlos created the groundbreaking soundtrack for A Clockwork Orange
Read MoreKing Crimson: 1981-2019
Part 1: King Crimson: 1969-1974 ** Part 2: Robert Fripp: Crimson Hiatus 1974-1980 ** Part 3: King Crimson: 1981-2019 Part 3: King Crimson: 1981-2019 1981 brought a new development to…
Read MoreYoko Ono: Approximately Infinite Universe & Feeling The Space
In 1972 and 1973 Yoko Ono released two of her most successful albums, Approximately Infinite Universe and Feeling the Space. Both of these albums are focused on issues of women’s…
Read MoreGato Barbieri
Fire and Ice Gato Barbieri is frequently remembered for his Academy Award winning soundtrack the 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci film Last Tango In Paris, but his musical career is much wider…
Read MoreDon Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers
Related: Don Cherry: Musician of the World Trumpet player Don Cherry was pretty much Blue Note’s premiere find in the 60s avant-garde jazz sweepstakes. The label was a bit late…
Read MoreDon Cherry: Musician of the World
by Marshall Bowden Read about Don Cherry/Symphony for Improvisers Don Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1936 and raised in Los Angeles, where he first began to play…
Read MoreGoGo Penguin’s Transmission From a Humdrum Star
GoGo Penguin, the piano trio from Manchester UK that has received a great deal of attention since its debut in 2012, utilizes the services of sound engineer Joe Reiser. Reiser…
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