New Directions 2019 Review
adminOur Year in Review looks at some of the best and most interesting stories we ran. Feel free to catch up if you missed something of interest, or to read…
Read MoreRic Ocasek as Solo Artist and Producer
Ric Ocasek, lead singer of The Cars passed away on September 15 at the age of 75. Pretty much no one who was a teenager when their debut album came…
Read MoreCold Diamond and Mink: Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Do you know what’s cool? When your band backs a great performer who brings back the heart of 1960s vinyl soul in a fresh way and then your arrangements and…
Read MoreArt of the Album: Pedro Bell
Pedro Bell, the artistic talent behind Funkadelic’s wild urban psychedelic album cover art, died on August 27, 2019 in Evergreen Park, IL. NDIM presents this retrospective and tribute to Bell.
Read MoreGirls Just Wanna Get Stoned
Female recording artists are poised to influence the marketing of cannabis culture by Marshall Bowden
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 MoreJohn Coltrane: Blue World
Impulse! label will release lost recordings made for Canadian film recorded between Crescent and A Love Supreme.
Read More“Rubberband” is NOT the great, lost Miles Davis album
This September will see the release by Rhino Records of a Miles Davis album, an album that is ‘previously unheard,’ “previously unreleased’ or even ‘lost’ depending on what press release…
Read MoreMusic festivals: how to get more women on stage (and it’s not just 50/50 quotas)
by Samantha Warren, University of Portsmouth By all accounts, Kylie Minogue was fabulous at Glastonbury this year. What she wasn’t though – contrary to promotional material – was a headline…
Read MoreJoao Gilberto, Father of Bossa Nova, dies
“The final flicker of the old flame” by Marshall Bowden The music world and cultural doyens of Brazil mourn the death of João Gilberto.
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