Bebo Valdés died yesterday in his adopted home of Stockholm. The native Cuban had quite a life. I've enjoyed Bebo Rides Again since its release in 1995. The crystalline sound quality continues to astound me. Yet I've come to prefer his scratchy pre-revolution recordings from the 1950s. Hearing the life-affirming stuff causes me to wonder why I bother listening to anything else.
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I reviewed Jimmy Webb's outing at Knuckleheads last night.
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Jeneé Osterheldt wrote an excellent column about Ces Cru.
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Tim Finn tracked Radkey's activities at SXSW.
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The members of the Architects are soliciting funds for a forthcoming project.
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KJHK documented a performance by CS Luxem.
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Does anyone else remember spending hour after hour listening to bootlegs of Prince outtakes in the 1990s? I'd forgotten about that frustrating exercise until I spent time with Inc.'s No World.
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Philip Glass shreds.
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Kansas City Click: My official picks are here.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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