Copper

Well-Played

Busker James Anthony Johnson playing a broken-in Martin. Taken on Congress Street, Austin, Texas.

Speaker Sensitivity

Mirandized

It has the right to remain silent, but who’d want that? From Audio, January 1964.   Multiroom entertainment, 1956 style. From Electronics Made Easy.   Look at that finish. Try that with a brush...

Three Outstanding New Releases…and a Couple of ...

Jaga Jazzist – Pyramid Pyramid is the seventh studio album and first new release by the Norwegian eight-piece jazz-fusion group Jaga Jazzist in almost five years. It’s the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s Starfire, and finds...

Often Snubbed, Punk Rock is Alive and Well!

In the spring of 2018, an historic event took place in Newark, New Jersey: the Misfits, a local and legendary punk band that disbanded in 1983, reunited for a single area show...

Unusual Musical Collaborations and Cameos (Part...

It often comes as a surprise to music fans when they hear that their favorite artists, in any category, are themselves fans of other musical genres. Even more surprising is...

Poet’s Love: Schumann’s Dichterliebe

Completed in 1840, Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love), Op. 48, sets 16 poems by Heinrich Heine for solo voice and piano. Today it is considered one of the great examples...

The Music Lesson

I have found a book written by one of the best bass players on the planet about how to study Music and Life. I capitalize Music and Life because Victor L....

The Long-Lost Record Label Concept, Part 2: Sel...

In Issue 117 J.I. talked about the origin of the term “record label,” and the evolution of record companies over the decades. Here, he has some additional and provocative perspective. – Ed....

Sonic Youth: No-Wave Wavemakers

They never had a Top 10 album, but Sonic Youth amassed legions of devoted fans during its nearly three decades together. That makes them an ideal subject for Off the...

(Going for) The Absolute Sound…for Less

Besides being the name of the legendary high-end audio magazine, the phrase and the magazine The Absolute Sound was created by the late Harry Pearson (founder of said magazine) in order to...

Symphonies and Social Movements

Even when artists write manifestos, they are (hopefully) aware that their exigent tone is borrowed, only echoing and mimicking the urgency of the activist’s protests. . . . The people...

A Visit to Audio Classics: Vintage Vibe, Modern...

Founded in 1979, Audio Classics, located in Vestal, New York, is one of the world’s foremost dealers of vintage, used and new audio equipment. They specialize in classic McIntosh components and are...

Peace Parade, the Protest, and J.C. Superstar

In Issue 117 Ken talked about his involvement with the LA and Broadway productions of Hair and how it led to the spinoff Peace Parade musical show…and romance. The story continues here in the years...

Rolling Stone’s Super Bowl Hail Mary Pass

All of this talk about the new NFL season has me thinking back to my days as the publisher of Rolling Stone magazine. Each summer the business and editorial sides would huddle...

Rumer: Nashville Tears

Rumer has one of the most beautiful and captivating voices I’ve ever heard, a sublime mix of purity and expression. Her 2010 debut album, Seasons of My Soul, went platinum in the...

The Music Lesson

I have found a book written by one of the best bass players on the planet about how to study Music and Life. I capitalize Music and Life because Victor...

Pat Quilter of QSC: Sound Reinforcement and Sol...

Since Quilter Sound Company was founded in 1968 and incorporated as QSC Audio in 1973, QSC has grown to become one of the most recognized global names in sound reinforcement....