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Cover photo by Marilyn Stringer © 2015 In This Issue Terry Mullins has our feature interview with Lionel Young. We have 5 music reviews for you including music from Willie May, Blue Lunch, The KingmiXers, Brad Absher & Swamp Royale and Blueheart...

If you’re from the Twin Citiies over there in Minnesota…you’re excited. Why? Today, we bring you the alternative minded pop band fueled by the roots of 2tone ska, none other than the legendary Umbrella Bed. Launched in their home state...

During the 1970s and 80s, I mostly listened to pop and rock music, when even the likes of Captain Beefheart, Henry Cow and Popul Vuh were filed under pop. However far out I went as a listener, though, classical music seemed connected to a dreary sense...

David Grubbs Duke University Press ($23.95) by Will Wlizlo In case you missed the headline, yet another music streaming service was launched this spring. Called Tidal, it differentiates itself from similar platforms like Spotify and Pandora Internet...

An old interview, rediscovered, that apparently never made it to publication, so needs to find a home here. In brief, what are the musical and philosophical origins of death metal? Death metal was born of heavy metal, hardcore punk and progressive...