The early days of jazz were not always harmonious. Converted dance orchestras often sounded like unbalanced acoustic junkyards; a single violin, cornet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, drums, banjo, and ...
SPECIAL: Global Village devotes the show this time to the music of legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen for his birthday. We’ll hear Fela’s early highlife band, Koola Lobitos, and the original ...
What do Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Neil Diamond have in common? Well, aside from being amongst the more important singer/songwriters of the past forty years, they've all recruited Michael Landau ...