It’s been a great experience writing for them and the music channel has grown by leaps and bounds.  I am looking forward to a lot more growth and exciting things to come.  Below are some links to those other channels and some key articles and blog entries for each of them.  Click them, read them, and enjoy them.

• 52Bands featured the Barenaked Ladies band.
• Austin Sound Check already has the SXSW 2009 Dates.
• Big Apple Music Scene has a list of her favorite CD store in NYC.
• Brit Music Scene begs for BoyZone to give up.
• Christian Music Fan reviewed David Pettigrew “Every Minute Miracles”.
• Concord Crazy delved onto
• Country Music Stop tells us about the Country Music’s 3 Muskeeters.
• Crooner Culture is not sure whether to believe or not that Marilyn Monroe has a sex tape.
• Ear Sucker is starting to get really sick of Mariah Carey.
• Hip Hop Roll confirms that it’s really hard out there for a pimp.
• Hippie Sounds posts her favorite hippie video of the week. I
• ndustrial Addiction is not surprised at Marilyn Manson’s sex change.
• check out my own article at Jazz and Blues Lounge teaches you how to create your basic jazz library.  
• Killed By The Video Star is not impressed with John Mayer.
• Metal Martyr gives you major tips before getting your tattoo.
• New Age Vibe posts an interview with Steven Halpern.
• News In Punk has the track list from the Offspring new album.
• Our Digital Music shares the news on MSN Download shut down.
• Oz Music Scene gives Wyclef Jean a pat in back for setting a journalist straight during MTV Australia Awards.
• Pop Music Scene jumped on the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair pictures bandwagon.
• Rumors In Music says there might be a Metallica online album.
• She Plays Music lists the Top 10 Bad Girls Of Music.
• The Beatles Invasion takes a look at the bitter rivalry between John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
• The Good Musician has 10 tips to power up your rehearsal techniques.
• The Production Side has the FYI on Lollapalooza.
• The Rock Dose has the Bob Dylan ‘Hard Rain’ video.
• The Rock Relic says it’s time to ROCK again.
• Toronto Unplugged reviews the Colin Meloy concert at the Phoenix.
• And just in case you missed it, here’s the ‘Soundtrack of The Day’ list from the music channel bloggers.

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For me, I have never been a huge fan of Mr. Dolphy.  Mostly this is due to ignorance.  Much of my jazz training came from working at that all-jazz radio station I worked at when I was in college.  We had a lot of Miles and Parker and Mingus and others, but we had little if any Eric Dolphy.  As such, I have not really had much of a chance to listen to him.

I do know that his name is mentioned when other people talk about true jazz innovators.  Of course, I have also heard his name mentioned in the same breath as Ornette Coleman, who happens to be a guy I just cannot stand.  Mr. Coleman may have been a very nice gentleman, and I appreciate anyone attempting to take a chance with music and his art, but to me his stuff sounds like noise.  If I put on an Ornette Coleman album and the needle just screeched across the record, I probably would not know the difference between that and his music until someone called into the station.

I don’t believe Dolphy was quite that way.  Now, the article comes from AllAboutJazz.com which is a great website for jazz lovers.  It is a great place to find music reviews and just about everything you can want to know about up-coming releases.  They also have some great and informative articles, and today this one about Eric Dolphy caught my eye.

I am not sure it has convinced me to seek out any Eric Dolphy, but I do always want to expand my jazz horizons.  I do believe everyone should take a chance with music even if that chance turns out to be a failure.  Just getting comfortable with things like art and music is a dangerous thing, I feel and can lead to the death of your imagination.

So, enjoy the article.  If you happen to be a fan of Eric Dolphy and have some information you would like to add here, or recommendations for albums of his, PLEASE leave those comments.  I love hearing comments and recommendations from you guys and have come to trust your tastes.  Thanks!

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