From the Desk of Lou Waxman

Fade Away: Lou Waxman on Bruce Springsteen, Joyce Hyser, and the Myth of The Boss

Fade Away: Lou Waxman on Bruce Springsteen, Joy...

Lou Waxman isn’t buying Bruce Springsteen’s blue-collar mythology. A white-label promo copy of “Fade Away” sends Lou into a meditation on Born to Run, Walmart, Joyce Hyser, and why rock...

Fade Away: Lou Waxman on Bruce Springsteen, Joy...

Lou Waxman isn’t buying Bruce Springsteen’s blue-collar mythology. A white-label promo copy of “Fade Away” sends Lou into a meditation on Born to Run, Walmart, Joyce Hyser, and why rock...

Safe at Home: Lou Waxman on Gram Parsons and the Art of Burning Bright

Safe at Home: Lou Waxman on Gram Parsons and th...

Lou Waxman spins Safe at Home and considers why Gram Parsons remains one of rock’s most revered cult figures. Part country-rock history lesson, part meditation on influence and mortality, this...

Safe at Home: Lou Waxman on Gram Parsons and th...

Lou Waxman spins Safe at Home and considers why Gram Parsons remains one of rock’s most revered cult figures. Part country-rock history lesson, part meditation on influence and mortality, this...

Chet Is Back: Lou Waxman on Chet Baker, Ruins, and Romantic Tragedy

Chet Is Back: Lou Waxman on Chet Baker, Ruins, ...

Lou Waxman picks up Chet Is Back and reflects on why music fans are obsessed with tragic artists. From unsolved musician deaths to Romantic poetry and Chet Baker’s mysterious final...

Chet Is Back: Lou Waxman on Chet Baker, Ruins, ...

Lou Waxman picks up Chet Is Back and reflects on why music fans are obsessed with tragic artists. From unsolved musician deaths to Romantic poetry and Chet Baker’s mysterious final...

The Banana Peel: Lou Waxman on The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Banana Peel: Lou Waxman on The Velvet Under...

Lou finally tackles The Velvet Underground & Nico, but spends less time on the music than on Andy Warhol. From the famous banana cover to lost films, Factory legends, rare...

The Banana Peel: Lou Waxman on The Velvet Under...

Lou finally tackles The Velvet Underground & Nico, but spends less time on the music than on Andy Warhol. From the famous banana cover to lost films, Factory legends, rare...

Search for the New Land: Lou Waxman on Lee Morgan’s Blue Note Masterpiece

Search for the New Land: Lou Waxman on Lee Morg...

Lou Waxman spins Lee Morgan’s Search for the New Land and finds one of Blue Note’s finest hard bop recordings. Along the way he explores Greek tragedy, death on stage,...

Search for the New Land: Lou Waxman on Lee Morg...

Lou Waxman spins Lee Morgan’s Search for the New Land and finds one of Blue Note’s finest hard bop recordings. Along the way he explores Greek tragedy, death on stage,...

No Room for Squares: Lou Waxman on Hank Mobley’s Hard Bop Masterpiece

No Room for Squares: Lou Waxman on Hank Mobley’...

Lou Waxman grabs Hank Mobley’s No Room for Squares and makes the case for hard bop as jazz comfort food. Soulful, stylish, and endlessly listenable, Mobley proves cool isn’t something...

No Room for Squares: Lou Waxman on Hank Mobley’...

Lou Waxman grabs Hank Mobley’s No Room for Squares and makes the case for hard bop as jazz comfort food. Soulful, stylish, and endlessly listenable, Mobley proves cool isn’t something...