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December 22, 2017music

Stax Rarities: more goodies from Soulsville USA

I guess a must-have from the vaults for Stax aficionados. musicsoulStax

December 17, 2017James Booker

Bayou Maharajah

Genius — born on this day. For more on Booker check out the documentary Bayou Maharajah. Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Bookerboogie woogieJames Bookermusicnew orleanspiano

December 17, 2017rory gallagher

Rory Gallagher and the Pianist from the Audience

Lovely recollection of Rory by Chris Morrison. This story brings to mind that of Scot Halpin. Chris MorrisonguitarKeith Moon.musicrock ‘n rollRory Gallagherscot helpin

December 5, 2017robbie robertson

Unpacking the Absurd Logic of Cultural Appropriation—and What It Will Cost Us

Refreshingly on the right track and by a prominent millennial showing up the mal-educated monomaniacal authoritarian tendencies of the IYIs of his age group. Anyway see Ryan Holiday in The Observer. It is not stealing or looting to take things that inspire you in one culture and adapt and change them to further your own expression. It’s…

December 4, 2017spontaneous order

New Orleans Remix

Worth checking out this recently published book. As has been variously argued, jazz as a spontaneous order makes a nonsense of the vulgar rationalisms peddled by the “cultural appropriation” fundamentalists. Conversationjack sullivanJazzmusicnew orleansregressive leftSpontaneous order

December 1, 2017lou rawls

Lou Rawls

Born on this day, one of my favourite vocalists. None other than Bobby Womack references Rawls in a song of his. bobby womacklou rawlsmusicsoul

November 28, 2017music

Brain connectivity reflects human aesthetic responses to music

Freely available paper in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Humans routinely experience pleasure in response to higher order stimuli that confer no clear evolutionary advantage. Aesthetic responses through pursuit of and engagement with the arts activates the same reward network in the brain that responds to the basic, sensory pleasures associated with food, sex and drugs…