GUNTER HAMPEL I remember one of the many conversations Marion Brown and I used to have was about solo performers. After I had published my first SOLO LP in 1969, I had stirred a trend. In Germany J.E.

years ago, nine students in a privately managed apartment on the University of Vermont campus fell ill to carbon monoxide poisoning. Tragically, one of those students, Jeff Rodliff, lost his life. A ...

Southern Records founder John Loder passed away this past Saturday. His longtime collaborators at Dischord Records have issued the following statement: On August 13th we lost our dear friend and ...

Esther Wong, the famed promoter affectionately known as the "godmother of punk," passed away this past Sunday at her Los Angeles home. She was 88. Wong's daughter Melinda Braun made the announcement ...