by All About Jazz Staff, July 15, 2024
As we hit the halfway mark of 2024, All About Jazz has adopted Major League Baseball’s All-Star break approach but with albums instead of homers. Our team gathered to pick their top three albums of the year so far, and Charles Lloyd’s The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow along with Vijay Iyer’s Compassion, Tomeka Reid’s 3+3 and Julian Lage’s Speak to Me are the early frontrunners for album of the year.
The full article, with my picks, here.
Springsteen Fans Raged Over Ticket Prices. Experts Say There’s No Easy Fix by Andy Greene & Ethan Millman in Rolling Stone, August 2, 2022 Eye-popping ticket prices have generated furious op-eds and social media posts in recent weeks. A group of experts weigh in on what’s wrong with the system alongside various solutions Click here…
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Book by Dean Budnick and Josh Baron, published June 1, 2011 Featured extensively in the chapter “Bigger Bang for Your Bucks”. Get it on Amazon.
A Reuters-produced segment which aired in several countries worldwide, featuring interviews with the creators of, and behind-the-scenes footage from, UNBOUND: A ★Instaminiseries (2016), an Instagram project based on David Bowie’s final studio album.
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