Email Author Chris Coomey

2006 Stories by Chris Coomey

• Calla

  published March 30, 2006

  Calla's 2001 album Scavengers was rife with highly atmospheric music and speculative lyrics. The band itself and guitarist Aurelio Valle's... More >>

• Yellowman

  published February 23, 2006

  When Bob Marley died in 1981, a seismic shift in reggae was set into motion. Island New Wave shook Kingston clubs in the form of dancehall. The... More >>

• Of Montreal

  published February 16, 2006

  Indie rock works in discordance to popular music, that much we know. But let's be honest; without pop there is no indie, and without indie there... More >>

• Soweto Gospel Choir

  published January 26, 2006

  The youthful and intrepid Soweto Gospel Choir, a South African-based troupe that includes some 30 members, is one of the most inspiring musical... More >>