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As We See It

Thoughts on reviewing

Jim Austin Feb 15, 2022

Evidence is nothing without judgments.The Lord Leto Atreides II in God Emperor Of Dune, by Frank Herbert

In college, I majored in physics, but I took a lot of theater courses. Not actingI never had any affinity for thatbut all the other aspects of theater: set design, directing, theory of performance, playwriting. One professor, a playwright himself, offered some advice to his students that has served me well ever since: To learn the craft, observe your response first, then look to the text to figure out what about it caused you to respond the way you did.

Music and Recording Features

Keb' Mo': "Music Was Mine To Experience"

Rogier van Bakel Feb 11, 2022

For all its ghastliness and heartbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic has been good to Keb' Mo'. When the virus hit the US, it forced the cancelation of a string of his concerts. "I was getting a little burned out on touring," he confesses.

Music and Recording Reviews

February 2022 Classical Record Reviews

Jason Victor Serinus, Stephen Francis Vasta Feb 11, 2022

Cecilia Bartoli: Unreleased, Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler," Nusch-Nuschi-Tänze, Sancta Susanna and Métamorphoses: Nocturnes.

Music and Recording Reviews

February 2022 Jazz Record Reviews

Thomas Conrad, Fred Kaplan Feb 11, 2022

Edward Simon: Solo Live, The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong All Stars: A Gift to Pops and Fred Hersch: Breath by Breath.

Music and Recording Reviews

February 2022 Rock/Pop Record Reviews

Phil Brett, Tom Fine, Kurt Gottschalk Feb 11, 2022

Ben Lamar Gay: Open Arms to Open Us, Pretenders: Pretenders and Pretenders II (40th Anniversary Deluxe Editions) and Damon Albarn: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows.

My Back Pages

Forget about the sound of the recording

Jim Anderson Feb 10, 2022

Hello, and Happy New Year! I'm greeting you in October 2021just before Halloween, in anticipation of Stereophile's publication deadlinebut by the time this magazine arrives in your mailbox, it'll be after the holidays.

Re-Tales

Re-Tales #17: Going where the music lovers are

Julie Mullins Feb 09, 2022

Is combining a record store with a hi-fi dealership a radical idea? Maybe not: It could be a way to reel in new, music-loving hi-fi customers where they're most comfortable, in record stores searching for music.

Analog Corner Phono Cartridge Reviews

Analog Corner #272: Kuzma CAR, Miyajima Madake Snakewood, TechDAS TDC01 Ti phono cartridges

Michael Fremer Feb 08, 2022

At Stereophile, we don't generally allow Mulligansreview do-overs. Usually, we take a second look at a product we've reviewed only when the first sample turns out to have been defective, especially if it was damaged in shippingand we rarely do even that.

Budget Component Reviews Digital Processor Reviews Headphone Reviews

Questyle Audio M12 portable USB D/A headphone amplifier

John Atkinson Feb 04, 2022

There are words that, for reasons I can't fathom, I cannot stand. One such is "dongle." So when Bluebird Music's PR rep emailed me to ask if I would be interested in reviewing a new dongle from Chinese company Questyle Audio, I shuddered. But I must admit that "dongle" rolls off the tongue a lot more readily than "portable USB D/A headphone amplifier." I put aside my grammatical quibble and agreed to a review.

ReDiscoveries

ReDiscoveries #2: Joe Henderson, Blue Note and Beyond

Ken Micallef Feb 03, 2022

Called "the phantom" by fellow musicians and dubbed the "bearded, goateed astronaut of the tenor sax" by a close friend, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, the enigmatic Joe Henderson recorded five albums for the Blue Note label that are uniformly regarded as jazz classics. Mosaic Records has gathered those recordsPage One, Our Thing, In 'n Out, Inner Urge, Mode for Joeplus Henderson's sideman dates and alternate takes for Blue Note for a limited-edition, five-CD box set, The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions (Mosaic Records MD5-271).