Music
TEN YEARS OF DUST-TO-DIGITAL: The Ongoing Mission of Moses Asch
By Christopher NelsonIn his lifetime, Moses Asch devoted himself to documenting what he called “people’s music.” Asch churned out dozens of releases each year on his label, Folkways Records, covering marginalized sounds from every corner of the globe.
Outtakes
By Steve DalachinskyI’m painfully saddened that at a young age I gave up wanting to be a rock star, a blues singer, or a jazz drummer for three reasons: paranoia, stage fright, and ignorant elitism, aka self-indulgent, romantic, pseudo-intellectualism.
NOT QUITE DYING
David Bowie: The Next Day
By Todd Simmons
At the beginning of 2013, #DavidBowie wasn’t exactly a trending topic. But a week later, with the sudden release of The Next Day, his name was exploding across the Internet in a stampede of chatter.
TRIXIE WHITLEY’s Dot Odyssey
By KK Kozik“Team-building—I’m working on team-building.” Trixie Whitley is briefly at home in Greenpoint, on a hiatus from touring to support Fourth Corner, her first full-length album, and is spending it searching for a replacement drummer for the next leg.
