The Holy Roman Emperor of the Hapsburg dynasty was the hereditary king of Hungary. In 1690 he was crowned the King of Rome in Augsburg. A patron of the arts and a student of Pinner in harpsichord, flute and other instruments, Joseph favored the dance and the aria. Between 1682 and 1699 he performed both as a singer and dancer at the court... [+] Read More

A student of the oboe with Besozzi Druschetzky was also a drummer and composer. It was not until 1795, in Pest that he finally established a foundational musical relationship in the house of Archduke Jospeh Anton Johann. Druschetzky's compositions were based in a geographically small area and his style is indicative of this. Compositions use the... [+] Read More

The musical families of New Orleans -- names such as Brunis, Marsalis, Foster, Celestin and so on and so forth -- sometimes had so many members unpacking instrument cases that it was hard to keep track of them. A case in point is the Gabriel family and particularly the clarinetist and drummer Manny Gabriel, who some jazz gravediggers insist is... [+] Read More

Joey Castle was like a lot of the kids who came up in the wake of Elvis Presley, trying to sound like him and not making it, but with a difference -- Castle left behind a dozen or so records that are well worth hearing. Among the ranks of Elvis Presley sound-alikes, there are the imitators who came along in the wake of his death in 1977 and... [+] Read More