As an ambitious creator of new musical worlds, visionary saxophonist Kamasi Washington wants to understand and proclaim the power of love. He wants to come to terms with his mortality. He wants to make people dance. And he certainly wants people to stop hating on jazz. Mixing jazz horns with afrofuturist concepts, spiritual transcendence, and…
It was January 20, 1982, in Des Moines, Iowa, a chilly winter night that was about to go down in the annals of rock โnโ roll history as one of its most shockingly bizarre. There on stage, amidst a sea of headbanging and the electric hum of anticipation, was Ozzy Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness…
In the sultry heat of a Southern afternoon, amidst the intoxicating scents of cotton candy and the rural festivities of the Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show, a rebellious rhythm began to play. It marked the homecoming of Tupeloโs most illustrious son, the King of Rock โnโ Roll, Elvis Presley. The year was 1956, a transformative…
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On August 29, 1994, Oasis burst onto the global music scene with the release of their debut album, โDefinitely Maybe.โ At a time when the grunge movement had brought a darker, introspective mood to rock music, five lads from Manchester brought an audacious, youthful energy that dared to dream big, invoking the aura of the…
When the CD came out, many vinyl record enthusiasts decried the format. โIt sounds mechanical!โ Theyโd protest. โIt sounds cold!โ Digital sucks became their mantra. A format war ensued. And while most of them today will concede that CD playback sounds leagues better than it used to, many still canโt fully warm up to it.…