By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2002

Nearly three years after the release of the Coen Brothers' quirky film O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and the accompanying soundtrack of Depression-era country

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 06/01/2002

During his lifetime, Bob Marley was the undisputed King of Reggae, selling millions of records and becoming one of the most recognized musicians in...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 06/01/2002

It's never been easy to get a handle on Los Lobos. On the surface, they seem like a band that mixes good-time rock 'n'...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 05/01/2002

It's a beautiful afternoon in the spring of 2001, and I'm up at percussionist/producer Mickey Hart's ranch studio in northern Sonoma County, Calif., listening

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 05/01/2002

As a writer who has spent much of the past 20 years interviewing producers and engineers about recording projects, I've been in the thick...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 04/01/2002

This year's Grammy Awards fete, held at the cavernous Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 27, proved to be a highly entertaining, if...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 12/01/2001

As this issue of Mix hits the street, Destiny's Child has finished a touring year that has seen the popular R&B trio go from...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 12/01/2001

Gillian Welch has carved a very interesting niche for herself. Over the course of three superb albums, the L.A.-bred but Nashville-based singer/songwriter

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 11/01/2001

Though it lasted under a month and spanned just 17 shows, this past summer's Area:One Festival proved to be one of the most exciting...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 11/01/2001

Sometimes it seems as though HBO can do no wrong. The network's ongoing original series, including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 10/01/2001

Last year it was inescapable: You couldn't go to a sporting event or a dance party without hearing that unmistakable, a cappella opening booming...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 10/01/2001

You do whatever you have to do to get it on tape. That's always been my feeling. I didn't like going in the studio...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 08/01/2001

Repeat after us: It isn't just a fad It isn't just a fad It isn't just a fad. Surround sound, that is. By now,...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 08/01/2001

Okay, one of the basic tenets of rock writing is that you give your subject the benefit of the doubt you let him or...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2001

A few years ago, Maria Muldaur had an epiphany. She was in Memphis to attend the W.C. Handy Awards (for the finest blues recordings),...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 06/01/2001

What hath Babe wrought? Ever since that cute talking farm pig who thought he was a dog captured the imagination of moviegoers everywhere back...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 02/01/2001

A NEW MUSIC SHOW BOLDLY GOES WHERE NO SHOW HAS GONE BEFORE Music in High Places is such a good idea, it's a wonder...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 11/01/2000

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