David Axelrod: Soul on The Edge
adminby Marshall Bowden Read about the compilation David Axelrod/The Edge David Axelrod’s first work as a producer was on tenor saxophonist Harold Land’s The Fox, an album that demonstrated what…
Read More“Stage Fright” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”
by Marshall Bowden “Stage Fright,” the title track from The Band’s third album, is a greatest hit, a song they performed live throughout the remainder of their career as a…
Read MoreNDIM November 2018 Playlist
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Read MoreTony Joe White Lived It and Wrote It
by Marshall Bowden Tony Joe White passed away on October 24, 2018. He died suddenly at home of a heart attack only weeks after the release of his album Bad…
Read MoreIggy Pop: The Arista Trilogy
by Marshall Bowden Iggy Pop had proven that he could write well, could focus and produce solid work without David Bowie’s assistance and was generally ready to assume the mantle…
Read More8 Reasons Miles Davis is in the Rock Hall of Fame
Back in 2006 when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Miles Davis, there were more than a few raised eyebrows. Davis did release some heavily plugged-in music beginning…
Read MoreGoGo Penguin’s Transmission From a Humdrum Star
GoGo Penguin, the piano trio from Manchester UK that has received a great deal of attention since its debut in 2012, utilizes the services of sound engineer Joe Reiser. Reiser…
Read MoreSons of Kemet: Your Queen Is a Reptile
by Marshall Bowden In the acknowledgments of his book Cut ‘N Mix: Culture and Identity in Carribean Music, Dick Hebdige notes that “In his book There Ain’t No Black In…
Read MoreSun Goddess
How the paths of Ramsey Lewis and Maurice White led to the recording of this quiet storm classic by Marshall Bowden Ramsey Lewis was one of the more popular jazz…
Read MoreOld Wine in New Bottles
Esbjorn Svensson Trio: Leukocyte (2008) Amazon | Spotify Medeski Martin & Wood: Radiolarians (I–III) (2008/2009) Amazon | Spotify by Marshall Bowden Reinvention is the name of the game in music,…
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