In a feat of deft cunning our CR chronicler opens a side door onto the classic rock stage. What does the music of Nirvana, Ornette Coleman, Pink Floyd, Rush, Burt Bacharach, Heart, Black Sabbath, K.D Lang, David Bowie, Tears For Fears, Yes and the Bee-Ge

“Rudresh’s immense talent and tremendous loyalty to Yamaha made him an ideal pick for our artist roster,” said John Wittmann, Director, Artist Relations, Yamaha Corporation of America. “His musicality and creativity transcend culture and genres.” Yamaha

'Telephone Man' was a gimbri player who used to play in the village of Joujouka (just as often spelled Jajouka), decades before mobile phones finally connected the hilltop base to outside world around ten years ago. He would visit the village from his ho

Aron, the son of original BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward, has posted the following message on Facebook regarding his father's recent announcement that he could not participate in the group's reunion due to his unhappiness with the contract he was offere

Whaddaya got for an encore? For the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, no less is required than multiple concert recordings, visits by artists ranging from Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell to jazz greats Charlie Haden and Wayne Shorter, and a double concerto for vi

I had an interesting twitter exchange today with Andy Bowen (andymbowen) about John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. I was listening to Ornette’s “The Shape of Jazz to Come” this morning and we started chatting and a really good question came up. Why exact