Johnny Blog: Announcements, Proclamations, Music

I was scouring blogs the other day, looking for MP3s on the Best of 2007 lists posted last month, when I had a chance to reacquaint myself ...

I have an article in the current issue of the Oxford American about the Reverend Charlie Jackson, a gospel singer from Louisiana. This is ...

What solace is there for me in these strange reverberations, in these unholy echoes, what relief? If in moments of despair I am drawn to the...

I weep over my imperfect pages, but if future generations read them, they will be more touched by my weeping than by any perfection I might ...

Right now I'm not particularly interested in how "great" Roach was, whether it was him or Kenny Clarke who invented bebop drum...

This is the final post in a three-part series. Click the links for the first or second post. Nearly six months had pas...

This is the second post in a three-part series. Click here for the first post. Media coverage of the Arcade Fire typically refer...

Last month I found myself in the front row of a sold-out theater, basking in a spectacle known to indie rock listeners as the Arcade Fire. ...