The first three issues of Burning Ambulance are all available now from Lulu.com. Print copies are $10 each, plus shipping; digital editions are $5 each. Every issue features long, in-depth stories on major figures in jazz and metal, as well as thoughtful essays on popular culture and the arts.
Issue 1 includes: a cover story on pianist Matthew Shipp; an exhaustive analysis of the works of saxophonist and bandleader Henry Threadgill; a session diary from trumpeter Bill Dixon‘s final studio recordings; a profile of Spanish avant-doom metal trio Orthodox; a review of several histories of punk and metal movements; and an essay analyzing Christian pop culture of the ’70s and ’80s.
Issue 2 includes: a cover story on saxophonist Darius Jones; a profile of New Orleans sludge metal band Eyehategod; six poems by Eyehategod vocalist Mike Williams; a tribute to Bill Dixon by musicians who knew and worked with him; an essay on up-and-coming Brazilian singer-songwriters Cris Aflalo and Heloisa Fernandes; an essay on Hollywood’s attempts to assimilate punk rock in the early 1980s; and a beginner’s guide to Japanese pop.
Issue 3 includes: a cover story on saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton; a profile of trumpeter David Weiss; a profile of saxophonist Jon Irabagon; an essay on the music of the Moritz von Oswald Trio; an analysis of the “New Hollywood” movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s; an excerpt from the book Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal; and an explanation of how one goes about composing a piece for percussion and orchestra.
SPECIAL OFFER: If you buy the print edition, email burningambulance@gmail.com and we’ll send you a free copy of the digital edition.
