By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

I It was the late, great Nashville engineer Denny Purcell who, in a moment of frustration and resignation, opined about the audio industry, We...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

The issue of race is a thread that goes through nearly every documentary that the outrageously talented and amazingly prolific Ken Burns has made....

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 04/01/2005

THE FOLK MUSIC GREAT IN A NEW MUSICAL DIMENSION

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 04/01/2005

CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF TEXAS BORDER RADIO

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005

It's difficult to describe the music of Austin-based indie heroes The Gourds. doesn't quite do it justice. On the group's Website (www.thegourds.com),

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005 ⋅ Updated: 07/15/2022

You have to love a band that comes up with an image like this one: "I wish I was in Tijuana/Eating barbecued iguana."

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005

POP/ROCK MEETS AMBIENT IN TWO-DISC HOTEL

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005

Two years ago, it really looked like the San Francisco band Stroke 9 was going to take off. Their long road began, incredibly enough,...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005

Little Town, the remarkably moody and evocative first album by the Tucson-based Nick Luca Trio, evolved over a period of months during which Luca...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 02/01/2005

ECLECTIC PRODUCER, OUTSPOKEN AUDIOPHILE

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 01/01/2005

Maybe you had to be there. But in the summer and fall of 1971, it seems that everyone was talking about Don McLean's Number...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 12/01/2004

THE STORY BEHIND THE MIXES ON FOUR MUSIC DVDS

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 12/01/2004

TALES OF ELECTRONIC IMAGINATION

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 12/01/2004

STILL THE FIRST FAMILY OF FUNK

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 11/01/2004

A TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST FAMILY OF COUNTRY MUSIC

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 11/01/2004

One of many interesting footnotes about the great earthquake and fire that leveled much of San Francisco in 1906 is that the great Italian...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 11/01/2004

ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE At the dawn of the '70s, three years down the line from the Summer of Love, the Bay Area...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 10/01/2004

THE GENIUS AND FRIENDS AT THE END OF THE ROAD

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 10/01/2004

PLENTY OF LIFE IN THIS OL' MULE

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 08/01/2004

DANIEL LANOIS' RIGHT-HAND MAN BUILDS SUCCESSFUL SOLO CAREER

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2004

SPIDER-MAN 2 OFFERS FRESH SOUNDS AND A COOL MIX

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2004

From congas to tables, there's a world of amazing percussive instruments to enliven your sessions

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 06/01/2004

The Hip Hop Never Stops

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 04/01/2004

Is it just me, or does it seem as though every year, fewer trophies are handed out during the Grammy® Awards telecast? Believe it...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2004

One fairly recent development in game audio is the steady increase in the licensing of songs by both established and up-and-coming rock and hip...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 03/01/2004

Ensemble Studios in Dallas is one of the most successful publishers of what are known as real-time strategy games.