One of the best decisions I’ve made in recent years was joining emusic (emusic.com). For ridiculously low rates, emusic has made it possible to sample music, and download cuts or whole albums from a library loaded with “independent” labels. For anyone like me, who loves jazz and classical music, this has been an outstanding bargain. […]
Very unusual for a drummer, Manu Katché’s albums are not, in any way, percussion showpieces. The sound tends to be light and mellow, reflective, and atmospheric. Listeners should not be too surprised, even those who know him from his time backing such rock luminaries as Peter Gabriel and Sting. Katché began his musical adventure studying […]