We have faced many obituaries of major figures in music since the pandemic and a similar increase in the number of program and event cancellations and even venue closings. Tragically the toll on our music has also extended to music related publications. Andy Senior’s Syncopated Times is one of the few genre publications to survive, and Andy has managed that by sheer will, effort, and his own personal financial support.
Therefore, when I received a short notice in the mail from Amsterdam last month announcing the end of the discography publication Names & Numbers, I was saddened but not surprised. This is often the fate of small enterprises dependent on the tenacity of a few people to continue.
