[contextly_auto_sidebar] WHY do we talk about "seeing" bands or orchestral groups? How did album jackets and photography of musicians -- whether Francis Wolff's shadowy shots of jazz musicians smoking in the shadows or Astrid Kirchherr's images of the Beatles in post-industrial cityscapes -- become important parts of music's aura? Is a rock video a betrayal of what music is really about? I … [Read more...]