And a few, those with an eye to the moment and that moment's place in time, haul a camera around with them to shows, to attempt to capture, in the words of the late Alan Lomax, that instance when the artist ‘is spinning at the apex of creation’. Just such a fellow is Joseph A. Rosen, known simply as Joe by those of us lucky enough to call him a friend.

Photographer unknown So now the New England music scene has lost another one. As most of you will know by now, Bob Angell passed away on December 6th - he had been suffering from cancer.  Bob was not just a musician leading his long-established group Blues Outlet, he wrote for the Providence weekly The New Paper, he taught English - in short, he was a regular Renaissance man. He was also a tireless evangelist for the blues.  As a journalist, he knew the importance of publicizing shows and...

Photo by Ken Kay Like everyone who knew him, I was horrified to learn over the weekend that Rory MacLeod,  while out walking his dog, had been killed by an out-of-control automobile driven by an out-of-control woman early on Saturday morning, December 6th. in Hopkinton, RI. Doug James, the baritone saxophonist for Roomful of Blues, introduced me to Rory shortly after I started working with Roomful in 1981, and our mutual interest in music drew us together immediately. Rory was then playing...