St. Botolph's Town, a sharp and deeply knowledgeable new blog about music in Boston. Also note Derek Bermel's excellent post about master rapper Rakim, who also happens to have been covered in brief this week by Dr. Sasha Frere-Jones. Charlie Parker sprang to both minds. And AC Douglas and Jeremy Denk make some very thoughtful points in response to the rhetorical flare-up immediately below.
