One of the best books I’ve read about music: Mike Faloon’s *The Other Night at Quinn’s: New Adventures in the Sonic Underground* (2017). It honors living artists and captures an extraordinary scene in an unlikely small-town setting. I picked it up
Study session: Stephanie Phillips’s “Why Solange Matters” (2021). Framing “A Seat at the Table” as a time capsule, the book itself remains relevant. Accessible, informative, and written with evident love for its subject. Highly recommended.
Great affordable find at Vertigo Ottawa: Joanne Brackeen’s “Special Identity” (1981). An adventurous trio album with outstanding rhythm support from Eddie Gómez and Jack DeJohnette. Hot take: Joanne is the grandmother of math rock and technical