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A Question of Time

Do you sometimes feel like we’re living in an alternate universe? After all, alternate realities and parallel universes are not uncommon concepts in pop culture, let alone physics – just...

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Talking With Gayle Sanders of Eikon Audio and M...

Gayle Martin Sanders was one of the co-founders of electrostatic loudspeaker manufacturer MartinLogan, along with Ronald Logan Sutherland. (They combined their middle names to name the company.) The company first...

Social Distancing

Inside Lee's Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis, Minnesota, now closed.

Hittin' the Note

One of the most iconic taglines in advertising history, 1974. We'd bet you guys and gals could tell the difference though! Music makers: vintage strings and picks going back decades....

Workingman's Dead...at 50

First off, I am proud to announce two projects of mine that you may be interested in: I will start my own podcast in about a month. It will be...

Birth of the Cool

Everyone wants to be cool. But what the heck is cool? “What is Hip?” Tower of Power asked us. “Tell me tell me, if you think ya know.” See, even...

Unusual Takes on Others' Songs, Part Two

Sometimes a performer is so taken with another artist’s song that they just have to do their own performance of it. These cover versions can range from faithful portrayal of...

Otis Redding: Deep Soul

Few musicians in history have been industry game-changers to the degree that Otis Redding was. And he barely made it past the age of 25. The soul singer seems to...

I'm (Not) With the Band

When I was in fourth grade, I enrolled in Manhattan Music School. Not to be confused with The Manhattan School of Music, a private conservatory near Columbia University. The school...

Sam Rivers: Free Jazz Trailblazer

When Sam Rivers (1923 – 2011) was growing up in Oklahoma, he often heard his father singing gospel music. The elder Rivers had been a member of the celebrated Fisk...

Octave Records’ New Album, Temporary Circumstances

Octave Records has just released its second album, Temporary Circumstances by singer/songwriter/pianist Jessica Carson and the band Clandestine Amigo. Featuring Jessica’s reflective songs about lost love, resilience and even defiance against the...

Interview With Gary Gottlieb of the Audio Engin...

Unlike other scientific fields that are related to physics, the products that result from audio engineering can often be said to have an almost magical component that makes the fusion...

Copenhagen

Hi Dad, we just managed to get a booking for Noma in Copenhagen. Would you like to join us?” My son Ilan is a chef and one of the things...

How Hi Would You Like Your Fi?

“High Fidelity” is an ambiguous term. How much Fidelity is required to be considered High Fidelity? “Fidelity” in a listening system refers to its ability to reproduce sound that is...

Todd Rundgren’s Nearly Human

Over the years, Newport, Rhode Island has been home to many of my life’s best memories. No trip to town was ever complete without a pop in to The Music...

One Step Beyond and Going With the Go-Go's

The two Vietnamese gals that were hanging out backstage asked me what I had in my briefcase. Contracts, travel itineraries, touring papers, that kinda stuff, I answer. “Oh, so you...

My Audio Journey, Part Two

Copper reader Adrian Wu lives in Hong Kong and has spent time in the UK and elsewhere, as you will see. He is a contributor to the Asia Audio Society...

Visión Musical: The Mavericks’ En Español

“That voice!” I had just posted the newly released video of “La Sitiera” from The Mavericks’ new album En Español on one of the forums I visited that day, and...

Three Winners, and an Interestingly Odd Remake ...

John Coltrane – Giant Steps (60th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition – 2020 Remaster) Giant Steps was recorded in May of 1959, right on the heels of Coltrane’s exit from Miles Davis’ first great...