Editorial
Wax Poetics Summer Issue - Mariah Carey, Tupac, Mannie Fresh, Nightmares on Wax - Editor's Letter
10,000 HOURS Professional networks, tight-knit scenes, and informal underground subcultures are invaluable to creative development, giving artists and musicians a forum to find their voice, and workshop creative ideas before joining the glut of the broader market. You’re probably familiar...
The Freedom Songs of Bill Withers
“I don’t have any education at all; other than the kind you get just walking around.”—Bill Withers interview on Soul! television program, December 29, 1971 But that is precisely why Bill Withers was an extraordinarily well-educated and divinely seeded portrait...
Mulatu on Mulatu: The Father of Ethio Jazz, Needs A Favor.
An interview with the father of Ethio jazz, Mulatu Astatke, admittedly felt out of the realm of possibilities. The 81-year-old musical pioneer, who orchestrated an entire genre lush with Latin jazz, funk and Afrobeat, might as well have been stuck...
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RE:DISCOVERY: Church – How Long / Da Da Song
Listen here // Order here NEW 7” REISSUE 1/19/2026: CHURCH – HOW LONG / DA DA SONGAYO 0001 / © Silas Star Publishing 1976 / ℗ Silas Washington 2025AYO Music Group Liner notes by Nathan Hamelberg Church – the brainchild...
Behind the Scenes at the Playlist Retreat with DJ Jazzy Jeff
The Holy Grail might as well have been inside Roland’s trailer at DJ Jazzy Jeff’s latest Playlist Retreat. Those lucky enough to get an invite to the private event, held annually at Jeff’s home in Delaware, got a sneak peek at...
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