OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, MY PLUCKing- hand technique has gradually evolved. I rarely play with a pick and slap only occasionally, so I’ve mostly been the typical twofinger guy (Fig. 1), with my plucking fingers perpendicular ...

THE FREEWHEELING INTERNATIONAL journey of Phil Chen began in 1964 when he took a banana boat from his Kingston, Jamaica, birthplace to London to promote the earliest forms of what we now call “ska” music. He landed smack dab in ...

Gary Willis’s brave new world, away from corporate record labels, management, and the U.S. itself, is quite nice, thank you. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Willis is managing his career without artistic compromise; great news for music ...