New money and age-old injustice in an American river town.

The centenary celebrations of Coltrane’s birth will show Philadelphia’s role in the development of a jazz genius.

Her catchy videos have racked up billions of views, but Rachel Accurso’s statements on everything from Gaza to LGBTQ rights have caused a stir. She talks about screen time, song fatigue and speculatio...

A documentary film by Al Naffah about jazz guitarist Emily Remler. Aletheian Pictures.

Read Thirty Essential Transformative Guitarists by Alan Bryson on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz So You Don't Like Jazz coverage, artist features, and expert writing since 1995.

‘The Roulette Years’? Three seemingly innocent words that conceal shedloads of derring-do. Roulette Records was a company founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Gurlek, Phil Kahl and Mo...

They commanded us to never forget, even as they faded over time. Or was that the point all along?

The Blues Hall of Famer became a sensation in 1974 with his hit song “Let’s Straighten It Out.”

Milton Glaser mused less than a minute into the above video. The late Milton Glaser’s many contributions to pop culture—the I ❤ NY logo, the psychedelic portrait of a rainbow-haired Bob Dylan, DC Com...

Having directed documentaries about David Bowie, Radiohead and Joy Division, Grant Gee takes on a biopic of the turbulent and tragic American pianist

'The Guild' was one of the first breakout webseries on YouTube in 2007. Now Felicia Day and friends are bringing it back via Kickstarter.

It sounds like chaos, but that's what makes it the opposite of Disney.

I just posted my second essay on a Mississippi Fred McDowell recording that I thought had been lost in time. https://substack.com/home/post/p-208094329

Fifty-five years ago I walked into a record store in my hometown and met two hippies laughing at nothing I could identify. One of them became my best friend and business partner. Together we started a...

A pre-release essay

I was pissed off for 40 years. I was MTV's first creative director back in 1980, quit in '83. For decades, almost nobody in the industry paid attention to the unique animation we made. Except for our...

The car world is filled with designers still obsessed with shoehorning sex into their rides. Slate went a different route, and it’s why people are smitten with the charming electric pickup.

Exploring one of California’s most overlooked — and remarkable — music histories along the southern section of its Central Coast

Zohran Mamdani’s “all of the above” media strategy, which encompasses ethnic media, influencers and content creators, has led to a recent Black media blitz.

Each image tells a story, offering insight into one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century

YouTube video by If These Walls Could Rock

Something disturbing is happening to the streaming giant’s ratings. It has only itself to blame.

An exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt celebrates the glorious machines that gave us the soundtracks of our lives before streaming sites shoved them toward obsolescence.

Photo by Tim Dickeson The jazz world is accustomed to losing its greats too soon. Charlie Parker was gone at 34. John Coltrane at 40. Clifford Brown at 25. Rollins was, wonderfully, not one of them. H...

As part of this year’s John Coltrane 100 campaign - the Coltrane Estate’s year-long centennial celebration that has already seen a flurry of issues and reissues, as well as a series of celebratory eve...

In John Carney’s dramedy, a thwarted songwriter, played by Paul Rudd, crosses paths with a former boy-band star in search of new material.

The pianist and bandleader, who has died aged 91, had an inimitable style where bright, guileless melody met a fearless improvisational impulse

Broadcast bites back.

The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.

Michael Ochs' 1000 Record Covers from TASCHEN is the definitive visual archive of rock album cover design from the 60s to 90s.

A self-portrait, painted furniture and more from the collection of Haring’s longtime friend will soon be up for auction. See them at Sotheby's before they sell.

Our grid is too old and our supply of electricity too small. If we don’t meet this moment, we will face an impoverished future.

A performance that marked John Coltrane’s decisive embrace of the avant-garde, 'Ascension' is joining the Verve Vault series.

Days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Michael Moore used his moment in the spotlight to rail against the war. Here’s what he and others onstage remember.

In a three-hour conversation with USA TODAY for 60 years of the Monkees, Micky Dolenz shares a detailed oral history of the TV show and the music.

Bad Bunny doesn’t make music for me, but after listening to this podcast from NPR’s Throughline, I love this guy! I came alive during the pop revolution of the 1960s, and even when pop music started...

When Cecil Taylor began his career, in the mid-1950s, he recorded mostly in the studio, like everyone else. Between 1956 and 1961 he made a half dozen albums, and several more recordings from that era...