Cleaning off the desk

Peter Gannushkin of downtownmusic.net fame, the foremost visual documenter of the New York downtown scene, is interviewed.

John Jack, owner of Cadillac Records in the UK, is interviewed at Wall of Sound. There are some interesting insight and thoughts on the European scene.

Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake are interviewed on Chicago Public Radio (nice juxtaposition with my rant below - lots of talking about music, not much music itself).

Kidd Jordan is profiled before a gig in Austin, TX.

David Murray is going to appear at indie-jam-rock fest Bonnaroo, and the show is previewed.

The Toronto Jazz Fest is previewed with an article on the Chinese act Coco Zhao and his band Possicobilities.

In the good news department: "The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that it will change the visa processing rules to allow employers and agents more time to file visa requests for foreign guest artists." More here.

In the bad local Chicago news department: contrary to what was previously reported here, Pete Cosey will NOT be appearing with Ari Brown on June 23rd. No word on why. Anyone who was planning on going should still do so, to see the great Ari Brown and his band.