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Here’s a gift for the holiday - something rare, warm and beautiful. You may have never heard of Kenny Rankin - he was never a top ten arti...

When I was in a freshman in high school in the early nineties, I wanted to hang out in T-Court, an outdoor space carved out between the ju...

When I lived in New York City, I used to hit about a dozen record stores in a ten block radius in and around Greenwich Village, all of whi...

In 1987 when Woody Allen made Radio Days , he waxed nostalgic for the days before television, when memories were formed and commemorated ...

When I was in high school, I was obsessed with what my friends and I called “noise rock.” Really, this was just an umbrella term for anyth...

“For years, Mateo Blanco and Harry Caine shared the same body, mine. But a moment came when suddenly I could only be Harry Caine. I beca...

In November of 2011, I saw Mos Def and Talib Kweli perform as Black Star at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon. The opening act, Sha...

2017 represents a milestone for two of the most significant films in African-American cinema history. It’s the 40 th anniversary of Charl...

It’s almost impossible to compare Robyn Hitchcock to any modern artist. The most fitting comparisons are all in the past: Syd Barrett, John...

Right off the bat, I’d like to say that I really am not a “horror movie-guy.” And all due respect, but if you are one, you know who you ar...

I didn't know Todd Snider’s music until the summer of 2014. I'd heard his name, seen his CDs coming through the store over the yea...

One of the best ways to flummox movie audiences is to release two very similar movies within a few months of each other. At some point, a ...