Results for Louis Armstrong

  • Music Books of the Last Six Months: Summer Edition

    by The C! TeamJuly 1, 2009Comments (0)

    "As we take a much-needed week-long break to press reset on our rollickin' rock-journo publishing schedule, dig in to our bi-annual book reviews!" (read more)

  • Was Bob Dylan the Previous Bruce Springsteen?

    by Steve TurnerNovember 19, 2008Comments (1)

    Originally published in NME, 6 October 1973 Manager Mike Appel is talking in the dressing rooms of the Spectrum stadium in Philadelphia. "When I first came across Bruce it was by accident," he says, "but when I heard him play I heard this voice saying to me... Superstar. I couldn’t believe it. I’d never been that close to a superstar before." (read more)

  • Jolie Holland: Pastoral Folk Musings and Old World Damage

    by Jim WelteSeptember 17, 2008Comments (1)

    Holland, a supremely gifted singer, has established herself as a singular, visionary talent over the past decade. The Texas-born chanteuse, something of a nomad in her late teens, moved to Vancouver in the late ’90s and co-founded the female folk ensemble Be Good Tanyas before leaving the group abruptly in 2000 to pursue a solo career. (read more)

  • Gutter Twins: Joe Henry vs. Tom Waits

    by Greg GastonOctober 24, 2007Comments (5)

    Ironically, the more individualized Henry’s music becomes, the more he reminds me of another auteur: the great Tom Waits. The parallel might not be obvious on surface consideration. (read more)