deep dive

50 years ago this month, The Modern Jazz Quartet released an album which offered fans of the group a rootin’, tootin’ good time...or at least implied as much with its title. Recorded in New York City during sessions in May...

30 years ago this month, Alphaville released their third studio album, an LP which found the German group trying to expand their sound and ending up in turmoil in the studio as a result. Co-produced by Klaus Schulze and the...

Today we celebrate the birthday of the late, great Solomon Burke, an R&B legend who made his mark in the early 1960s with such hits as “Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms),” “Cry to Me,” “If You...

It was on this date in 1955 that the great Charlie Parker officially became the late, great Charlie Parker, and the fact that his demise occurred when he was all of 34 years old is a surprise only to those...

It’s the last day of February, which means it’s the last day of Black History Month, which means this is the last of our Deep Dives to celebrate underrated artists who particularly ought to be celebrated this month. As such...

15 years ago this week – the actual anniversary was yesterday, if you’re curious – John Frusciante released his fourth solo album, an LP which instantly became notable as a result of being the first of his solo albums to...

40 years ago this week, the Stranglers released the first live album of their career, and while it would in no way, shape or form be their last (we’re not even going to tell you how many they’ve racked up...

For today’s Deep Dive in honor of Black History Month, we’re diving a little deeper than usual and spotlighting a band that released three albums on Elektra between 1979-1980 and even scored a top-10 hit on Billboard’s R&B Singles chart...

Today we celebrate the fact that yesterday was Roberta Flack’s birthday, and we also apologize for the fact that we don’t post new pieces over the weekend, but we figured that the occasion of Ms. Flack’s birth was worthy of...