THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: 1.5 – A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE-PART TWO
In the second and third installments, presented here together, Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann track how the genre...
History
DAVID AMRAM: ON KEROUAC, GINSBERG, MINGUS, SPIRIT AND FAMILY
Composer David Amram, now 90, has worked with some of the jazz greats, including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins,...
LEONARD COHEN, PHIL SPECTOR: DEATH OF LADIES’ MEN
Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector were an unlikely pairing, to say the least. And yet, there they were,...
THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE
Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann are mad musical scientists who, while staying late one night in their lab,...
ALLAN SHERMAN: WEIRD AL’S FOUNDING ‘FADDAH’
Allan Sherman, a pudgy TV game show producer, dominated the pre-Beatles record charts with a string of hit...
LAURA NYRO: THE MIRACULOUS MAGIC OF HER MUSIC
Though Laura Nyro’s songs are familiar to millions of people–through hit versions by Three Dog Night, the 5th...
BILLIE HOLIDAY: LADY DAY’S ENDURING LEGACY
Few major musical artists faced the obstacles Billie Holiday had to face, but then few can match her...
WAYNE KRAMER TALKS DRUGS, PRISON, MUSIC, SURVIVAL
Wayne Kramer of the MC5 was sent to ‘The Narcotic Farm’ in 1975, the same federal facility—part hospital/part...
G. GORDON LIDDY: REST IN PEACE (NOT)
G. Gordon Liddy was one of the memorable characters to emerge from the Watergate scandals. A former FBI...
REVEREND GARY DAVIS: I AM THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), guitar virtuoso and folk-blues giant, moved from Durham, N.C. to New York City, where...
VIN DIESEL, ARTHUR RUSSELL AND ME
Mixmaster Arthur Russell meets wannabe rapper Mark Sinclair (aka Vin Diesel). What could possibly go wrong? That’s what...
HUBERT SUMLIN: HOWLIN’ WOLF’S SECRET WEAPON
As Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist, Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011) kept to the shadows, but his sweet, subtle, sophisticated leads...
DOWNTOWN LIFE: JOHN OATES RECALLS HIS EARLY DAYS IN NYC
When Daryl Hall and John Oates arrived in New York from Philadelphia in 1972, they were a folk-soul...
FRED NEIL: THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE
In 1969, as his most famous song, ‘Everybody’s Talkin’”, was dominating pop charts, Fred Neil (1936-2001) was working...