Steven Fromholz, a Texas-based singer-songwriter who had worked with Stephen Stills and Michael Nesmith, died on Jan. 19 as a result of a hunting accident. He was 68. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-01-22)
Steve is busy in the studio working on new material and is also poised on reissuing many of his classic albums. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2014-01-21)
Another passing in the world of boundary-pushing jazz... The pioneering woodwind player and composer Yusef Lateef died December 23, 2013 at the age of 93. » Read more (Posted by Jon Davis 2014-01-05)
Building on the success of last August's Fruits de Mer All Dayer, FDM and Welsh band Sendelica have just announced an evening of acoustic and psychedelic music in April 2014. Mark your calendars! » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2013-12-19)
The band Pallas has been around for quite some time with a long history of working with record labels. For their next release they have decided to take complete control and try the crowd funding route. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2013-12-19)
Increased postal rates, Amazon's pricing, and digital downloads are killing many independent record and CD dealers. The Jazz Loft is the latest casualty. Read on. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2013-12-14)
Richard Coughlan, founding member and drummer for Caravan for over forty three years, passed away on Sunday 1st December. Richard died at his home and had been in poor health for the last few years. » Read more (Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-12-08)
I somehow missed this bit of news last month, but legendary drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson left us on October 19, 2013 at the age of 73. In addition to his prominence in the free jazz arena, he was known for adding a muscular drive to fusion recordings of the wilder variety. He died of leukemia. » Read more (Posted by Jon Davis 2013-11-22)
Steve Hackett has announced on his newsletter that the Genesis Revisited shows will resume in 2014 after successful 2013 in Europe and North America. He also let drop that he's working on his next solo album, a possible 2014 release. » Read more (Posted by Henry Schneider 2013-11-19)
Legendary Blues guitarist Pete Haycock passed away on Wednesday October 30th. Pete was most famous for his time in The Climax Blues Band; especially for his self-penned massive worldwide hit "Couldn’t Get It Right." » Read more (Posted by Peter Thelen 2013-11-02)