TOWNES VAN ZANDT: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG
Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997) was a singer-songwriter whose work was popularized by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard...
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FILMMAKER GUS VAN SANT ‘NEVER LEFT THE BEAT INFLUENCE’
As an aspiring teenage artist, Gus Van Sant had his head turned by the writing of Jack Kerouac...
I HATE WORK: AVANT-GARDE DRUMMER MIKE PRIDE TRANSFORMS MDC HARDCORE INTO PIANO JAZZ
Two worlds came together when Mike Pride, a powerful presence on the NYC underground jazz and experimental music...
RICHIE HAVENS REVISITED
Brooklyn born and raised, Richie Havens (1941-2013) began hanging out in Greenwich Village in 1959, as a street...
IN THE KEY OF LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS: THE MAN & HIS MUSIC
Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912-1982) played, sang and lived by his own rules. When a sideman once asked...
KINK FOR A DAY & OTHER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ADVENTURES OF BRIAN STANLEY
Brian Stanley with Bill Wyman backstage after opening for the Stones with Garland Jeffreys at Hartford Civic...1981. Photo courtesy of Michael Halsband
GREG IRONS: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
Greg Irons sampled every conceivable creative outlet the 1960s counterculture had to offer—first as a rock musician in...
BUNNY YEAGER: MIAMI PINUP QUEEN BROKE DOWN BARRIERS
Bunny Yeager, a Miami model and photographer, is best known for working with Bettie Page to transition out...
LEE MILLER: THE PHOTOGRAPHER OUT ON A LIMB
Lee Miller (1907-1977), from Poughkeepsie, led a full and adventurous life. Conde Nast sought her out as a...
THE SKY DON’T HAVE NO ROOF: THE LAST ORNETTE COLEMAN INTERVIEW
Ornette Coleman (1930-2015), undoubtedly a great musician and composer who freed jazz from nearly all constrictions, was also...
KENNETH FEARING: NYC’S ORIGINAL ‘DRUNKEN POET’
Kenneth Fearing, “the drunken poet,” was a rising star among the Greenwich Village bohos in the 1920s, his...
ON THE WAY TO PARADISE: MY TRAVELS WITH JOHN PRINE
John Prine hit the ground running with his debut album in 1971, a seamless masterpiece of what seemed...
TED JOANS: GOING FAR BEYOND ‘RENT-A-BEATNIK”
Poet, musician, artist and avowed “surrealist” Ted Joans was, along with LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka), one of...
DECOUPAGE!: L.A. POST-PUNKS ON TV! SEALED WITH A KITSCH!
In the late ’80s, L.A. performance artist and musician Craig Roose took his breezy, ‘60s-obsessed “drag” character “Miss Summer...