Music has always been an integral part of human culture, from ancient tribal rhythms to the latest pop hits. It has the power to move us, inspire us, and bring people together like nothing else. In today’s world, there are countless talented musicians who dedicate their lives to creating new sounds and pushing the boundaries […]

Here at Jam Addict, we’ve talked to a good number of composers working in entertainment, but few are as multi-talented as Kyulee Choi.  She works not only as a composer but also as an orchestrator and a copyist, and that’s without even getting into her own songwriting work and music production.    Choi is truly […]

Few rock bands survive to be 40 years old. Shonen Knife’s achievement is all the more remarkable since there haven’t been many all-female rock bands from Japan that have converted their fascination with junk food, beautiful animals, and the Ramones into a global career. Let’s Knife, released in the UK by Creation Records immediately after […]

Alvin Lucier, a composer whose investigations into the physical qualities of sound established him as a key figure in the US avant-garde, has died at the age of 90. According to the New York Times, his daughter said that difficulties after a fall were the reason. “The great Alvin Lucier has died,” his ex-wife Mary […]

Leo Nocentelli is impossible to pin down. When I ask how the renowned funk guitarist’s astonishing solo record Another Side came to be published after 50 years in obscurity, he gives me the whole tale in a seven-minute monologue, but I can’t confirm his age. “It’s not important,” he adds, his Louisiana accent thick as […]

Alan Hawkshaw, a musician and composer who wrote some of the most well-known TV themes in the UK and was copied widely in hip-hop, has died at the age of 84. He was taken to the hospital last week with pneumonia and died early on Saturday. Hawkshaw composed the loping, almost reggae-like tune to Grange […]