Tag Archives: RZA

A Many-Hued Existence

I get tons of e-mails every day from bands, musicians, singers, rappers, public relations firms and even other bloggers asking me to listen to “their” music. Only a tiny number of those e-mails contain links to music which is actually of some interest to me. And amongst that privileged minority only a paltry […]

They’rrrrrrrrre Grrrrrrrrreat!

One of the first ten posts I wrote for Blogarhythms was a post that introduced an elusive bearded musician with a questionable back-story named Clutchy Hopkins. That same post was partly dedicated to a composer, musician and producer named Shawn Lee as well. The two artists had albums out which I thought complimented […]

Simpson, or Seaver?

This week could have proven one of the best weeks of 2008 for “Indie” music lovers. Two of my favorite groups, who happen to be a couple of the genre’s most consistently exciting and envelope-pushing bands, were scheduled to have new albums out Tuesday. And I was souped that even in a year […]

Beats of Future Past

Like I said yesterday, it’s not uncommon for me to get my hands on a yet-to-be-released record ludicrously early. When that happens I usually like to hold off on posting about it until the release date is imminent so the record in question is fresh in the minds of anyone reading this blog when […]

The Secret Life of Bloggers

Denizens of the blogosphere often seem to be engaged in a constant battle for content exclusivity and “I heard it/posted about it first” one-upmanship. This often leads to blogs running features on artists who have little to no actual output, in either commercial form or that of downloadable demos, available to the public and […]