Del-Fi label founder, record producer and “the world’s youngest bandleader” Bob Keane passed away on Saturday at age 87. By age 17, Keane was fronting his own big band and played with different bands, including Artie Shaw’s, throughout the ’40s. He started Del-Fi after co-founding and working as an...

SPECTRE joined Arthurmag’s ring of banner contributors two months ago, but I neglected to give them a proper introduction to our readers. Here’s one they penned…. Spectre Event Horizon Group http://spectregroup.org OPEN DATASHARE CULLED FROM PUBLIC INFORMATION SEARCHES; A COMMUNITY BACKUP OF DATA IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST —————————————– things to talk about at parties —————————————– XXXXX SPECTRE PRIORITY XXXXX Before we had a [...]

The story of the premiere of This Thread is one that I hope will serve to inspire ideas for how orchestras can successfully present new music.

By Colin Holter Name as many pieces as you can in the key of C major.

DECEMBER 2 — ANDY PALACIO Belizean Garifuna singer, cultural ambassador, folk activist. DECEMBER 2, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS Belgium: LOVERS’ FAIR.������������ FEAST OF PIRATE UTOPIAS. ALSO ON DECEMBER 2 IN HISTORY… 1620 — First English-language newspaper published, Britain. 1859 — Abolitionist...

John Gill — hot guitarist, banjoist, trombonist, singer — has a deep love and understanding of Bing Crosby, as you can hear on his Stomp Off CD, LEARN TO CROON, where he and a wonderful New York band (his “Sentimental Serenaders”) pay heartfelt tribute to Bing. I’m delighted that SFRaeAnn captured...

NEVILLE is the splendid stride and swing pianist Neville Dickie. HAL is the swinging drummer Hal Smith. And TOM is Tom Warner — dedicated videographer who caught them at the 2009 West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, California.��� These clips originated on YouTube, where Tom’s channel is...

I remember that once an interviewer, trying to find out whether���Ruby Braff was playing a cornet or a trumpet, asked him, “What is that?” pointing at his horn.��� Ruby, characteristically, responded at top speed, but in italics: “That?��� That is a musical instrument.”������Ruby would have...

Hey, I don’t know about you but today seems like the perfect day for some ridiculous French ukelele-synth pop with a cheesy mod-60’s feel. Impossible to find? Ha! Easy to find thanks to the lovely and strange Mareva Galanter. Her 2007 album Ukuyeye is a thrillingly silly and fun mash up of classic...