The ghost of Bob Dylan breezed into the studio this week andtouched me on the shoulder. Lyrically, Bobby Zim has always beenright up there, although melodically he’s down here with therest of us. I played in a folk group in the 60s around Britainand in France and my mental repertoire of folk music oftenhelped me in spotting melodies that ole Bob had borrowed fromthe folkies. For instance: the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ventura, CA–10/31/05–There is gold in the vaults ofAudio Fidelity! Another audiophile classic rock collection isnow available. The Deep Purple Mark II lineup, arguably theirfinest, set the heavy rock-blues world on fire with their 1973release Who Do We Think We Are. Now it’s preserved in thesparkling format rendered so meticulously through the guidinghands of...

The iPod Nano is the newest digital audio player from Apple. Itreceived an overwhelming welcome when it was released onSeptember 7, 2005 and quickly sold out completely in many AppleStores. The iPod Nano combines features from both iPod shuffleand the standard iPod, and replaces the iPod mini. (The iPodmini was discontinued as soon as iPod Nano had been released.)Compared to the iPod shuffle, the iPod...

Ran into Eric McConnell over there on MySpace and he was kindenough to agree to do an interview with me, so here it is!OK, let’s start with the basics. Tell me about your music.Haha…you say “the basics” and hit me with the hardest questionfirst….I’m a Blues, Funk and old R&B guy with a guiltypleasure for Rock..haha. During a live show we play a mix ofeverything....

If you make a habit of salivating over vintage recording gear,wince at the price, and secretly wish you lived in the the ‘goodold days’ when every recording studio was full of these fatsounding cool pieces of equipment, remember to include beingborn rich as part of your dream.Before the advent of the digital age and cheap consumerelectronics, the phrase “I’m going into the studio’...

Some of you have undoubtedly heard the term, (as applied tomusic) some haven’t. I don’t know if it’s a regional term, Ihear it mostly from entertainers, club patrons, etc.The first time I heard the term, I assumed the word was made upby the user (a guitar player from Orlando.) I later heard itused in casual conversation from some club patrons in MyrtleBeach, South Carolina.>From what...

Hotel Costes, Vol. 6 kick starts things right off with In TheBlack Of The Night by Slow Train. It’s a beautiful, soulful,jazzy track with excellent female vocals. We then head off toReality Check by Stigmato Inc. Not one of my favorite tracks onhere but still OK. It gets thing ready for the next track calledMetropolitan by Emmanuel Santarromana. An amazing track with thebeautiful sounds of the...