Tracks of the Week 10.02.24
From ‘Old Shep’ and ‘Old King’ to ‘Cracker Jack’ and Campfire Songs with its crackling ode to an aeriform doggy, the small corpus of music about losing a pet has tended to...
Culturedarm’s from the Vault 2023
The vault might seem to connote a sense of authority, visions of round doors, time locks and bank currency or rows of booklets and stacks of boxes whose contents have been carefully...
Tracks of the Week 03.06.23
By the summer of 1961, the indomitable saxophonist John Coltrane had established his first quartet and opened new harmonic expanses for jazz through his sheets of sound. As a leader for Atlantic,...
Cultureteca 08.03.20
Chastened but not deterred, Paris Fashion Week promised something of a respite for the ragged fashionistas who were able to make the trek over from Milan. With Lombardy the epicentre of a...
Who Wore It Best: ‘Round About Midnight Miles Davis vs. Blue Train John Coltrane
Miles Davis made his name as a bandleader in the first half of the 1950s, defining the genre of hard bop alongside regular players such as Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke, and Percy...