Jazz/Blues
Jimmy O'Connell Suffers From 'Arrhythmia' but Still Makes Stunning Debut, Outside In [REVIEW]
The 'Resolution' of Mehmet Ali Sanlikol & Whatsnext? is an International Bonanza [REVIEW]
First thing folks usually think of when they think fusion is jazz/rock and rightly so but Mehmet Ali Sanlikol's Whatsnext? bigband fuses jazz with Turkish folk melodies and classical for a worldbeat treat. 'Resolution' (DUNYA) is not only delicious but it's good for you. Blogarrhea, New Book Captures Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero
Quick. Who's the greatest 1960s guitar hero of them all? Hendrix? Clapton? For my money, it's Michael Bloomfield, the dead Jewish junkie who was so tortured, he had to take heroin just to sleep. When Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival, it was Bloomfield's guitar shrieking out the power chords. Ed Ward's slim 1983 bio has been finally fully fleshed out. 'Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero' (Chicago Review Press) is a revelation.
