Category: Historical Makers

Black History Month, Part 2: James Reese Europe and the Clef Club Orchestra

Feb 28, 2013

Man, talk about making it under the wire! I had to get this blog up today (the last day of...

Feb 25, 2013

The other day I received in the mail a copy of Kamuke Ukulele Magazine from recent Australian...

Feb 10, 2013

I’m catching up with news as I slowly work backward through my list here… At the very...

Feb 6, 2013

The title just gives me an excuse to present two new discoveries; what I recognized that they have...

Feb 1, 2013

Every time February rolls around and I see all the advertised “celebrate Black History Month”...

Jan 13, 2013

As a harp guitar historian, collector and generally obsessed nut (not necessarily in that order),...

Dec 29, 2012

Here’s a charming, albeit unfinished, story to cap off our year. I just snagged this off...

Dec 24, 2012

Tonight is Christmas Eve for many of us, and for those who partake, the evening can bring all...

Dec 20, 2012

…which should tell you what I think of The Guitar & Amp Sourcebook, now available at a...

Nov 22, 2012

And now for something completely different. After 2 surprise presentations, the 3rd event for the...