| April 26, 2025 
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“You see the lineage of the Grateful Dead, Phish. ‘Well, what’s going to happen after this?’ Is it going to be a pool of bands? Is it going to be, like, one pinnacle band?” At the moment, all signs point to Goose. And that was the jam band’s keyboardist, Peter Anspach, chatting with Marc Tracy for a story about Goose’s rise, which has relied on some tactics from previous generations (big events, building band lore, a close relationship with fans) and some new ones (livestreaming shows, getting high-quality live sets onto streaming services, racking up co-signs from elders). Its new album is arriving as the group solidifies its status as rock’s biggest “new” jam band, and Marc digs into why what they’re doing is working, and why some listeners remain skeptical. Tina Knowles has also fostered an intimacy with fans of herself and her famous daughters (stick with me here). She’s become as much a character in Beyoncé and Solange’s public lives as she’s been a driving force behind the scenes. But she focuses her new memoir, “Matriarch,” mainly on her own story — including a revelation that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Elena Bergeron visited one of the music industry’s powerhouse mothers at home in Los Angeles for a very interesting profile. Two other piece I wanted to spotlight this week: The book critic Dwight Garner looked back at one of his most beloved albums — Maggie & Terre Roche’s 1975 LP “Seductive Reasoning” — and argued that it is unfairly underrated. (He convinced me!) And Hank Shteamer spoke with Jason Moran about his work honoring Duke Ellington for a video-driven piece (produced by Tala Safie and Amanda Webster with design and development by Nico Chilla) that distills it all into a single song: “Black and Tan Fantasy.” |
