Jazz/Blues
The Column: Where Are Today's Oscar-Happy Classical Composers?
Paperback Writer: That Devil Music Puts Out 'Best Rock Writing 2014' Anthology, Edited by Rev. Keith A. Gordon
The aptly named Excitable Press Works has released its latest book. And it's a doozy, let me tell ya. That Devil Music's anthology, Best Rock Writing 2014, features articles honing in on the greater measure of rock crit speak from the last year, including brilliant copy on Big Star, Imagine Dragons, Greg Prevost, Clutch, Emit Rhodes, The Replacements, Jimbo Mathus and other household names. Who Shot Ya: Top 10 Most Sampled Jazz Artists of All Time via WhoSampled, From Nina Simone and Erykah Badu to Biggie and Snoop
Could jazz music be considered the predecessor to modern hip-hop and funk form? Well, potentially, and this year even Snoop Dogg gave props to Herbie Hancock as that very forefather to the rap movement.
