Tag Archives: Middle Age

Blast From the Past: At TIDAL on Greg Tate (RIP)

Posted on February 7, 2024 by jmartin437

Farewell Flyboy: Remembering Greg Tate The cultural critic, musician and hip-hop champion used explosive prose to broaden our ideas and perceptions of Blackness. December 8, 2021 by Martin Johnson In the early ’80s, when I was just starting my career as a writer … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile…. My Words at Other Venues

Posted on July 20, 2020 by jmartin437

I enthusiastically post my Wall Street Journal work here as soon as I am able (30 days after it posts behind the WSJ paywall).  I’m a little slower to highlight other stuff that I write here.  In the name of … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, My Words at Other Venues

Posted on February 12, 2020 by jmartin437

I post most of what I write here, but some of it is posted elsewhere first. For one, there’s this piece I did for the National Sawdust Log on the great young composer, saxophonist and flutist Anna Webber.  https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/2020/02/05/in-review-anna-webber-idiom-vi/ For … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile at the Other Blogs 01.10.20

Posted on January 10, 2020 by jmartin437

Most of my writing gets posted here but not all of it.  My music blogging and any piece published in the Wall Street Journal, Vine Pair or (soon) Jazz Times gets highlighted here.  However, I also write about gender, middle … Continue reading →

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At WSJ on Mat Maneri’s Superb “Dust”

Posted on December 19, 2019 by jmartin437

I thought about comparing this recording to Leonard Cohen or Morphine, but by the time that occurred to me, we were too far along in the edit to disrupt the flow. MUSIC REVIEW ‘Dust’ Review: Jazz’s Viola Virtuoso Mat Maneri … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile: Over at the Other Blogs

Posted on October 24, 2019 by jmartin437

It’s been a struggle for most of the year to find time for new blogging which sucks several times over since I have well several blogs.  I’m getting better at carving time out to write things are not for publication … Continue reading →

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The Martin Johnson Blog Network

Posted on October 5, 2019 by jmartin437

I write…a lot. I write about music, mostly jazz. I write about sports, mostly basketball (though drill down deep enough here and you’ll find a late 2014 piece that correctly called the rise of the Chicago Cubs). I write about … Continue reading →

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If Pitchfork reviewed a 34th Joni song…

Posted on May 22, 2019 by jmartin437

A few weeks ago, Pitchfork published a nifty tribute to Joni Mitchell by having several stunningly good writers review 33 songs of the legendary singer/songwriter in a package led by an essay from NPR’s Ann Powers, who is at work … Continue reading →

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The Martin Johnson Blog Network

Posted on May 17, 2019 by jmartin437

I write…a lot. I write about music, mostly jazz. I write about sports, mostly basketball (though drill down deep enough here and you’ll find a late 2014 piece that correctly called the rise of the Chicago Cubs). I write about … Continue reading →

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More From the Archives. At WSJ on Chocolate Genius

Posted on March 24, 2019 by jmartin437

NEW YORK CULTURE The Assorted Flavors of Chocolate Genius Inc. By Martin Johnson Updated Dec. 1, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET For more than a decade, Chocolate Genius Inc., the stage name for singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson, has confounded and entranced … Continue reading →

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