The short answer for me is yes.  I began subscribing to “Stereo Review” around 1970, while a student at University of Georgia.  By 1975 I was 25 years old, living in the Washington, D.C. area and my interest in music was evolving into a full fledged addiction.  It was fed by superb radio stations WHFS, WMAL-FM, and Felix Grant’s nightly jazz program on WMAL-AM.  And it was  further nurtured by regular visits to the legendary Cellar Door, where I had the privilege of seeing Jesse Colin Young, Kenny Rankin, Roger McGuinn, Aztec Two-Step, Harry Chapin, Mary Travers, Iain Matthews and so many others.  Through Felix Grant’s program I had my first encounter with the music of Blossom Dearie.  A new world was unfolding for me. … Continue readingCan One Issue of a Magazine Change Your Life?