Jazz/Blues
Do You Hear 'Ghosts of the Riverside Hotel'? (Swing Suit Records) Mick Kolassa Does! (REVIEW)
The 'Artifacts' (482 Music) of AACM Stalwarts Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Mike Reed (REVIEW)
In 1965, on Chicago's Southside, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians was formed. 50 years later, it's still going and growing strong. On 'Artifacts' (482 Music), three of its most distinguished members--Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid and Mike Reed--look back yet look forward at the same time in celebration of the AACM. Miley Cyrus Accepts Vanguard Award, Helps LGBT Center by Licking $50,000 Grand Piano
Miley Cyrus may bebeen dubbed the unofficial spokesman of youths today after having received a Vanguard Award from the LGBT Center. Now, she has helped the charity by adding value to a signed piano at auction the only way she knows how: by licking it.