Rockers rant about social injustice, reggae stars call for world order, industrial acts urge anarchy, folk singers still peddle peace, too. But jazz singer Sylvia Bennett operates in different surroundings, a place that doesn’t invite torn jeans or dread locks, but does welcome diamond earrings and fine tuxedos. Upscale and…
EMF’s “Unbelievable” probably won’t outsell “From a Distance” or “Rush Rush,” but it has done far more to clarify the future. As musical distinctions blur further and once-rigid genres liquefy at the speed of sound, as rap swallows jazz instrumentals and gospel vocals sneak into speed-metal, EMF’s heady fusion of…
The future of rock and roll – in stereo, double vision, twice over. They aren’t coming to town, they aren’t media darlings, they aren’t being hyped as anything more than a couple of maidens looking for their first win. But they should be all of those things. Not since the…
Chances are, it’ll rain on the Fourth of July this year. That would be just perfect. In August of 1969 a young woman with long hair, a pug nose, beaming grin, and acoustic guitar stood in the stormy weather at Yasgur’s Farm in upstate New York, alone with a half-million…
