By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorThere were many British bands that swiveled rock's glorious adolescence, but for my nascent psychedelia and guitar drool, the Yardbirds have long held the most resonance. The wonder of first hearing the extended rave-up of… more »

By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic ContributorListening to jazz from around the world, one hears so many beautiful regional accents: the sound that results when jazz language and values merge with homegrown cultural attitudes and local growing conditions. Not that cross-cultural… more »