Year: 2012

Paradoxes & Contradictions: Journalism in the Age of Electronic Speed

The MarlowSphere (#33) The 80-year-old news-magazine Newsweek recently announced that come January 1, 2013 it...

Brooklyn Musical Cultures Celebration is a Smash!

Deputy Brooklyn Borough President, Sandra Chapman, and several dozen community members came out Saturday, October...

“Adam”: Virtuoso Bass Player (Beijing) & Festival Organizer

The Marlowshpere (#32) This week’s blog is a continuation of profiles, from early September, of...
JazzTimes one-day DIY Crash Course attendance

Putting It All Together: The Profitable Artist (Part 2 of 2)

The Marlowsphere (#31) Last week’s blog pointed to futurist John Naisbitt’s “Hi-Tech/Hi-Touch” projections with respect...
"MegaTrends" by John Naisbitt

High Tech/Hi Touch in Action: Social Media’s Impact on Today’s Working Musician (Part 1 of 2)

The Marlowsphere (#30) The 2012 Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)/JazzTimes/Jazz Journalists Association (JJA)/Chamber Music...

“We’ve Got Rhythms”: Where The Heritage Ensemble Gets Its Spin & Groove

The Marlowsphere Blog (#29) Last week I posited that in today’s music world no music...

What Is World Music and How Did We Get Here?

The Marlowsphere (#28) In  his 2005 book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of...

Congratulations Bobby Sanabria –“Multiverse”CD release

"Multiverse" is receiving outstanding reviews: “The Nuyorican jazz giant is a stylistic sponge, historical repository...

Pay to Play: Why Some Club Owners Should be Shown the Door

The Marlowsphere (#27) For the last few weeks I’ve been writing about indigenous jazz musicians in...
Ms J Lu cap #1

Ms. Joey Lu: Shanghai Jazz Singer/Pianist

The Marlowsphere (#26) This week's blog is a profile of Ms. Joey Lu from my forthcoming...