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R.I.P. Sonny Rollins: Titan saxophonist dead at 95

Sonny Rollins

“I think when the creative person ends, he continues in the next existence,” Rollins said in 2009. “I’m a person who believes this life isn’t the be-all and end-all of everything.

Cleo Reed – Full Session

Bradley Nowell didn’t get to see himself become the voice of a generation

Sublime Bradley Nowell

Sublime’s idiosyncratic singer died thirty years ago today, before his band’s self-titled album became one of the Nineties’ defining releases.

The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay testifies before Congress in LiveNation/Ticketmaster hearing

The Hold Steady Franz Nicolay

“We simply want to be able to retain and manage the relationship between musician and audience without the influence of extractive corporate power,” Nicolay said during his testimony.

Cola’s Cost of Living Adjustment is a sharp, restless feat of self-definition

Cola Cost of Living Adjustment

On their most assured record yet, the Montreal trio turns wage anxiety, modern unreality, and small acts of observation into something lean, tense, and deeply human.