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MusiQology Rx Fundraiser for One Art Community Center
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(FREE SHOW) Dr. Guy Performs with Ursula Rucker this Thursday, March 14, at World Café
Hide/Melt/Ghost’s Harlem Debut is a Major Moment for Black Music Scholarship & Performance
The Time Stevie Wonder Taught White Surfers how to Dance
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The 2019 GRAMMYs: Streaks Broken, Questions Unanswered
The 2019 MusiQology GRAMMYs Preview
Ursula Rucker Talks Womanhood and Courage in Art
I Remember Roy: Remembering Roy Hargrove
Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!
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One of the most unfettered and important musical spaces in the sound schedule of every artist is the jam session, where production and planning are eschewed in favor of spontaneity and organic creation in the moment. This Thursday, March 14, Dr. Guy and frequent collaborator Ursula Rucker will offer...
For me, it started with two chords: a D-flat triad that moves to an E-flat half diminished with an A in the bass that opens “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore.” Growing up in the Midwest, I knew of Prince, of course, but came comparatively late to his music. But once I heard […]
Jazz legend Charlie Parker once outlined a three-step regimen for preparation in music. “You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice,” he said. “And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” We’re somewhere between...
Musiqology is very pleased to introduce to our audience K. Shackleford. She is a jazz enthusiast who enjoys writing about the connection between jazz and spirituality. K. Shackleford is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and she lives in North Carolina. Please also take some time to check out her interview...
Things to see, hear, and read in ’11, Part 2 In the lobby of Shutters, a hotel on the beach in Santa Monica, I walked passed an empty drum set and grand piano and entered the dining room without too much of a second thought. Someone had recommended this spot to enjoy a special meal […]
Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom Street, Center City, Philadelphia, November 2, 2010 Augmented Fourthtet Dave Kaczorowski, bass Herb Robertson, trumpet Matt Mitchell, piano Daniel T. Peterson, Sax and bass clarinet Adrian Valosin, drums There’s nothing like a day of packing in the good stuff. ...
Early twentieth century pop music has not been the only musical context in which ring shout tropes are featured. American “jam bands” such as Phish have employed ring shout tropes to great success over the course of their careers, and in doing so have created a different type of cultural context...
One of the most important genres to suburban American teens growing up is “Jam band.” Originating in the 1960’s with a counterculture movement that brought us bands like the Grateful Dead, Jam Bands and the culture surrounding them has been growing ever since. There is a very interesting paradox...
