The Singer: The list of truly certifiable pop-music geniuses is a short one, but even the briefest tally would have to include Stevie Wonder. Forget the fact that he's blind and that he played nearly every instrument on his best-loved albums. Forget that no one paired such stone-cold funk with vocal intensity as Stevie. Wonder's lyrics alone place him at the top of the class. He's written better slow jams than today's selection ("Knocks Me Off My Feet" and "That Girl" come to mind), but Wo
The St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) announced its schedule a few weeks ago -- and as always, the fest has plenty of offerings for music-doc buffs and local music fans. SLIFF runs from November 12 to 22; all ticket info and locations of the films can be found at this link.
Among the documentaries:
*Chops, which follows a Florida high school jazz band as it prepares for and performs at NYC's Essentially Ellington Festival.
*Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense, a survey of the
