Archive - New Directions In Music

May 2025

Charles Mingus/Let My Children Hear Music

The album Mingus called his best

May 27 •

Marshall Bowden

Matthew Shipp/Equilibrium & Antipop Consortium Vs. Matthew Shipp

Two from the Blue Series

May 22 •

Marshall Bowden

Tell It To Your Heart

An excerpt from a book proposal on Lou Reed's 'New York' album

May 16 •

Marshall Bowden

Machito/Mambo Mucho Mambo & Muddy Waters/Real Folk Blues & More Real Folk Blues

Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra

May 13 •

Marshall Bowden

In Ten Tracks: Joni Mitchell

In Ten Tracks is not a best of or greatest hits or even necessarily a list of favorites. They're songs by an artist that stuck with me for various…

May 6 •

Marshall Bowden

April 2025

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