All About Jazz — Keyboard player, singer, composer, author and broadcaster Ben Sidran (pictured) is coming to St. Louis for a performance at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway. KWMU's Dennis Owsley will serve as host as Sidran... more info

Guardian Music — (World Circuit)Five years on from the overproduced, unfocused Lamp Fall, Cheikh Lô is back with an album that reconfirms his position as one of the finest, most soulful singers in west Africa. He may be based in Senegal, but his influences are not ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Swapmeet Louie said... THE ALARM:Live in Poughkeepsie, NY 1988-04-27 Strength Knife Edge Howling Wind Newtown Jericho Permanence in Change Absolute Reality Blaze of Glory One Step Closer to Home 68 Guns Rain in the Summertime Rescue Me Spirit of 76 ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said... Today 30 Days Out turns back the clock with a spin of the 1969 British psychedelic pop "Fat Mattress." You might recognize one of the band members - Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience - and some of the guest stars who pop u... more info

All About Jazz — By Nick DerisoThis song, taken from a brilliant album called "Tumbleweed Connection," is the reason why you have to hate Elton John's last period.John is never in half light any more—never so patient, so bravely remote, so note perfect. Back then... more info

Totally Fuzzy — swvccswvcc said... Madonna - Angel/Into the Groove 12" maxi-single (1983) [vinyl rip] Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Summer Dub) and Cairo (12", 1983) [vinyl rip] Eric Carmen - I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips (12", 1984) [vinyl rip] Guided By Voices - ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — CALGARY - The word legend has been associated with Van Morrison for a long time now. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Poor Van Morrison. He is by far the most prominent victim of the curse of high expectations in the history of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. more info

All About Jazz — Writing about the songs of Van Morrison is rightly seen as something of a paradox. Perhaps that's because, for all his scholarly use of multiple musical styles and his references to Yeats and Joyce, the Belfast Cowboy's work is more sensual than it i... more info

Guardian Music — Versatile session man and house drummer at Ronnie Scott's clubRonnie Scott's jazz club has found some superb local candidates for the taxing task of drumming in its house band over the years – including the wilful Phil Seamen in the 1960s, the inno... more info