MINOR AT HEART

7/18/19 7/18/19

João, he is mystery

At Longreads, writer Tom Maxwell remembers Brazilian songwriter, masterful jazz guitarist, and bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto.

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Dominic Umile 1/3/19 Dominic Umile 1/3/19

Bossa nova's break and a question of cover art

What's cover art got to do with it? Author Bryan McCann on bossa nova LP Getz/Gilberto and Pete Turner's iconic photography

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8/14/18 8/14/18

Everybody digs Bill

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4/26/18 4/26/18

No one is king like him

By 1968, David Axelrod had been a veteran in the music industry but held an in-house producer role at Capitol Records for only around five years.

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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Send him an email.