Music - July 1, 2008
Mix tape: July 2008
Here's a look at the jazz-heavy stack of discs teetering on my desk while I'm at Summerfest...
Tags: Prince Fatty, Nick Cave, David Murray, Mal Waldron, Justin Time, Paul Bley, Blue Note, Baby Face Willette, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, Freddie Redd, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Johnny Osbourne, Heartbeat, Rounder, Dig!!! Lazarus

Music - Sept. 17, 2007
Devendra Banhart bangs out dos horas of music
Devendra Banhart performed for more than two hours on The Pabst Theater stage on Sunday night for a small-but-devoted audience.
Tags: Devendra Banhart, Pabst Theatre, Joanna Newsom, Nick Cave, Jim Morrisson, Noah Georgeson, folk, Tropicalism, Brazil, Venezuela, Feist

Music - Nov. 29, 2006
Scott Walker: punching donkeys in Galway?
Why is Scott Walker singing about punching donkeys on the streets of Galway on his new record, "The Drift"? And why isn't he focusing instead on the streets of Milwaukee County, where there are few, if any, donkeys to be found?
Tags: Walker Brothers, The Drift, Scott Walker, Julian Cope, Nick Cave