Apr 28th, 2008 · When the clattering, mesmerizing Dodos stopped by the Bryant Park Project for a studio session this spring, their drummer set up in our news booth and the keyboardist plinked away on a toy piano.
Apr 24th, 2008 · Robert Reed, keyboardist for go-go pioneers Trouble Funk, died last week of pancreatic cancer. He helped pioneer a kind of music that anyone who hasn't lived in Washington D.C. might never have had the funky pleasure of encountering.
Apr 18th, 2008 · Steve Inskeep remembers E-Street Band keyboardist Danny Federici. He died Thursday at the age of 58.
Mar 26th, 2008 · The keyboardist delivers a historically informed performance worthy of the passion behind Handel's Organ Concertos on a new CD. Egarr possesses a remarkable gift for combining subtle musical gestures with forward–moving, irrepressible rhythms.
Sep 25th, 2007 · By a quirk of fate, two of the biggest new artists to emerge in recent years -- James Blunt and KT Tunstall -- deliver their long awaited second albums this week. Blunt, the British singer and keyboardist, returns with a 10-song set entitled All The Lost Souls. Tunstall, born in Scotland, calls her 11-song collection Drastic Fantastic.
Sep 11th, 2007 · Over a 60-year career, keyboardist Joe Zawinul embraced many types of jazz, but came to define the style known as jazz-fusion with his influential band Weather Report, and their 1977 hit "Birdland."
Jul 6th, 2007 · Best known as the keyboardist for the British Invasion band The Small Faces (later known as The Faces), Ian McLagan has remained active as a session man and a no-nonsense rocker in the nearly three decades since setting out on his own.
Apr 20th, 2007 · Known as "The Chairman of the Boards" for his work as a keyboardist for the jam-rock band Phish -- his improvisational work was integral to the group's renowned live show -- McConnell has come into his own as a solo artist after 20 years as a supporting player.