pop Archive
12 Oct 2022
Take Five: Ronnie Spector Duets and Collaborations
Ronnie Spector would have celebrated her 79th birthday in August; the beloved singer passed away in January after a brief illness. Born Veronica Bennett, Ronnie Spector would become a legend […]
09 Oct 2022
Album Review: Jan Hammer – Seasons Pt. 2
Listeners of a certain age know Jan Hammer for his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jeff Beck; younger ones will recall his “Miami Vice Theme.” In recent years his […]
26 Sep 2022
AUDIO INTERVIEW: The Explorers Club
Pop group The Explorers Club are coming to Asheville North Carolina’s GREY EAGLE on Friday, September 30 [rescheduled date / new location] Saturday, October 7 at New Belgium Brewing. Ahead […]
15 Sep 2022
30 Days Out, September 2022 #2: Cheeksters, The Explorers Club, GA-20, Stereolab
I’ve interviewed three of the four acts spotlighted in this roundup of live music. But I’d recommend them all regardless. Artist: The Cheeksters Venue: The Grey Eagle Date: Saturday, Sep. […]
14 Sep 2022
Album Review: The Krayolas — Happy Go Lucky
If the Smithereens were from Texas instead of New Jersey – and if they built on their Beatles influences not by exploring an affinity for Black Sabbath but instead for […]
11 Sep 2022
Album Review: Jem Records Celebrates Pete Townshend
Too often, various-artists tribute albums are like celebrity roasts: it’s far less about the ostensible honoree, and for more about the roasters (or, in this case, “tributers”). And I’m on […]
09 Sep 2022
DVD Review: Waiting – The Van Duren Story
In recent years, a remarkably personal style of documentary has come into vogue. Whereas in a traditional documentary, the narrator is both invisible and omniscient, and this new (or newly […]
06 Sep 2022
EP Review: Rue ’66 — Partie de Dames
I’ve written now and then (here and here, for example) about French pop of the 1960s. The so-called yé-yé movement, and the charming if slightly odd insularity that characterized the […]
04 Sep 2022
Geriatric Jukebox: The Sounds of (Near) Silence
It’s often been said that a message can be communicated more effectively with a whisper than a scream. That’s part of the philosophy of Geriatric Jukebox, a wife-and-husband musical duo […]
30 Aug 2022
Album Review: The Iveys – Golden Delicious Demos (1966-69)
Badfinger fans (and perhaps a handful of others) know that when that group was signed to The Beatles’ Apple Records, they were still known as the Iveys. Their first single […]