Detroit’s New “Megaphone” For Jazz

“It’s a business proposition, not charity: Artists are offered a licensing deal in which they are responsible for delivering a finished master recording (at their expense) while the label assumes production costs, marketing and distribution. Artists are also given 1,000 CDs to sell on their own, keeping all profits. Meanwhile, revenue from the company’s sales are split down the middle after taxesand fees.”

The Fishmonger’s Treasure Trove Of Irish History

“Ms. McCoole is still in Ballina nearly eight years later, still immersed in what is now known as the Jackie Clarke Collection: an astounding treasure of more than 100,000 items that provide an intimate retelling of Ireland’s long struggle to free itself of English rule. Fragile maps and rare newspapers, political posters and editorial cartoons, books, diaries, photographs, films, and even a scrapbook that Clarke began as a boy.”