Month: May 2009

TURN ON THE radio for music and you will hear vocals. Sure, your city may have a public radio station with a jazz show (usually rebroadcast from another location) or perhaps a few hours of orchestral music. But you will…

THE FOLLOWING DIATRIBE IS DELIBERATELY CONTROVERSIAL HAVE YOU EVER heard horrible jazz on the radio and wondered how on earth it got there? One big reason is vanity record labels. Around 1980 I noticed the vast majority of selections the Los…

THE FOLLOWING DIATRIBE IS DELIBERATELY CONTROVERSIAL SHOULD ANY KIND of music or art really go out of style? For a valid genre to go out of style seems as ridiculous as the color of your hair going out of style.…