Lubomyr Melnyk: An interview with the mystic genius of piano
Lubomyr Melnyk portrait by Alex Kozobolis A few years ago a friend of mine emailed me a YouTube link to the Ukrainian-Canadian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk…
Music Archives: 12/2018
David Lynch sings Bob Dylan
David Lynch’s second solo album, The Big Dream, seems to have made less of a splash than its predecessor, Crazy Clown Time. I have no…
Freddie Mercury really loved his cats
Freddie Mercury had many loves in his life. One of his big passions was his love of cats. Mercury so loved cats he was once…
Art, Bro: For a hundred bucks, Eddie Argos of Art Brut will paint the cover of your favorite album
The calendar says December, so that means that somewhere within a thirty-mile radius of where I am right now, “Wonderful Christmastime” is ruining someone’s day.…
We all know ‘Music from Big Pink’ by The Band. What about ‘Music from “Lil Brown”‘ by Africa?
A few weeks ago–I recall the date exactly, as it was my birthday, so October 25th–I went downstairs at Shake It Records in Cincinnati, to…