For sure, the sixties were a flourishing time for rock. From Dylan to the Beatles to Hendrix, an incredible foundation for creativity was set in place, and thanks to an ever-growing youth culture, there would be plenty of time and money to support the even more radical changes to come in the seventies. As we’ve [...]

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The editors at JamsBio like to think of ourselves as music fans first, not critics, and that’s the sensibility we strive for at JamsBio and that we seek in other sites as well. That’s why we’re so jazzed about Damn Fine Day, a site that each day profiles a deep album cut that’s been [...]

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The resurgence of vinyl is still going strong, gaining steam in fact. From collectors digging deep for that obscure gem to DJ’s spinning and scratching in clubs and homes across the world, the warm sound of vinyl is a welcome alternative to the sterility of MP3s. Amsterdam based artist, Stefan Glerum, has brilliantly captured this [...]

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Okay. Somebody around here had to write about this year’s super-huge music story. The long-awaited, got-to-be-a-masterpiece recording by the most celebrated icon in music history who has been working tirelessly for fourteen years to finally grace our culture with the one thing we all knew was missing but hadn’t had the courage to look for: [...]

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John Coltrane’s sound changed modern jazz. Not merely his compositions or his recordings or his live dates, although those did, too. But Coltrane’s sound, that almost ineffable quality of a jazz performer’s playing that cannot be copied convincingly by anybody else, altered the music and its study forever.
So runs the argument of New York Times [...]

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I want to begin this article by thanking the myriad of bloggers who have been tirelessly uncovering the lost psych and prog bands from yesteryear. I’ve spent countless hours digging through the tunes and bios of unsung musicians that plyed their wares during the heyday of the genre in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. Over [...]

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A classic

Deserving of a spot on any mix CD

Worthy of a download, but not of frequent play

Dump it like a hot rock

For all of the influence he has had on rock music and the shadow he casts to this day on his chosen instrument of electric guitar, it is startling to [...]

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I like borrowing other people’s personal stereos. You get a most intimate insight into the musical emotions that someone else has chosen to immerse themselves in – and through this, you can garner a more complete understanding of that person.

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A review of the concert by M83 and School of Seven Bells at Webster Hall. The show was loud, intense, and bizarrely sensual.

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