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Hailing from Chicago, the Deep Blue Organ Trio is on a mission to uphold the tradition of organ jazz, carrying the mantel of such legends as Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff and Charles Earland. In fact, two of the trio’s members, guitarist Bobby Broom and drummer Greg Rockingham, enjoyed separate stints in Earland’s band. Deep Blue’s latest CD, Folk Music, lets you know what the trio’s all about. As ...

The city of Montreal is definitely a hotbed of amazing music and Moonshine Orchestra continues that fine tradition. I talked to band principles Jack Nichols and Claus Frostel to fill us in on what the band is all about. Rock and Roll Report: I like to use the term Rock and Roll instead of just plain rock since I find it to be more inclusive. What is your definition of rock and roll? Moonshine Orchestra: I think that “Rock” is just a modern derivative of a relatively old-fashioned term (”Rock

Let’s talk about soul in music. If we keep in place the dividing lines that preconceptions and tradition tend to place between artists and genres circumscribed, by some authority, never to touch, we equate soul with Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and the like (see also the perceived necessity of gospel as a source of inspiration, not with sad-eyed Englishmen adrift in the wake of the punk era. Since many people often claim that Ian Curtis is trying to make his voice sound lower than it actually

Let me give you some listening advice for Midnight Blues. Volume. Lots of it. One of the things I love about the blues is the tradition of the music. Some genres place a premium on innovation and progression and that's great, but one of the unintended consequences of that emphasis is that a lot of great, veteran artists get pushed out of the way. Pop music is probably more guilty of this than ...