Music

We’re all over the place this week, in the best possible way: Jr. Walker & the All Stars, a tribute to Peter Green, birthday greetings to Kate Bush (and others), a farewell to Tim Smith of Cardiacs, Joni Mitchell, a mini tour of African sounds featuring Staff Benda Bilili, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Stevie Wonder, an epic based on an epic by the Decemberists, Milt Jackson with ‘Trane...and that ain’t even the HALF of it. Let’s get groovy.

This week: birthdays, farewells, the roots of a landmark rock & roll tune, microtonal goodness, one the most sampled songs in history, a look at the use…

Planned prior to the pandemic, Charlie and Amanda Jackson will release their first duo album, The King and Queen of Dayton Country (Magnaphone Records)…

This week's itinerary is a doozy: we’ll visit Spain and Russia in addition to our more usual haunts. We’ll rock steady with Desmond Dekker, get soulful…

This week, we’ll be saying goodbye to Johnny Mandel, Ennio Morricone, and Hachalu Handessa, giving birthday salutes to Bon Scott and a host of others, and…

As musicians and venues continue to grapple with canceled shows and tours due to COVID-19, some artists are turning to virtual experiences to bring fans…

Lots of goodness on the agenda this week: X, Mongo Santamaria, Queen Ifrica, White Fence, Tom Waits, Charles Mingus, Mavis Staples, Lemmy’s musical life…

Channeling stories through music, video and community participation, Yellow Springs-based collective Toadstool Shadow is releasing the first part of their…

LOTS on the docket this week: we’ll kick it off with Fishbone, we’ll bid a fond adieu to Dame Vera Lynn, examine the Bo Diddley beat, confront our…

It’s hard to believe we’ve been having oure little weekly get-togethers for over 4 ½ years now, isn’t it? With that in mind, I’ve felt the need to shake…

We at JC HQ acknowledge the massive debt we owe to Black Music artists; virtually all modern popular music can be traced to Black Music. This week, we’re…

Boomerang Sky, the newest project from Joe Atkinson, is preparing to release a debut EP on June 11.  Atkinson spoke with Kaleidoscope host Juliet Fromholt…