pop Archive
29 May 2020
Album Review: The Corner Laughers — Temescal Telegraph
Based in Redwood City, The Corner Laughers craft a brand of pop that’s sophisticated, clever, erudite and memorable – one that follows in the proud tradition of great songwriting artists […]
26 May 2020
Album Review: Andrew Gold — Something New: Unreleased Gold
Andrew Gold’s name has been circulating quite a bit of late, at least in music nerd circles. And that’s pretty remarkable considering that he passed away just about nine years […]
25 May 2020
Album Review: Four Early Allman Brothers-related Titles
A group as great as The Allman Brothers Band doesn’t simply burst forth fully formed. There has to be a back story. And while it’s true that the greatest bands […]
24 May 2020
Who Can It Be Onstage Now: Colin Hay
Note: This essay was written to preview a March 2020 Colin Hay show; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was cancelled (or at least rescheduled to 2021). Men at […]
22 May 2020
Gilbert O’Sullivan: All About the Songs (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … The album track “Love How You Leave Me” reminds me a little bit of Randy Newman and Van Dyke Parks. Both of them are American […]
21 May 2020
Gilbert O’Sullivan: All About the Songs (Part One)
An edited version of this interview appeared previously in Stomp and Stammer. Anyone who listened to pop radio in the early 1970s knows about Gilbert O’Sullivan. The Waterford, Ireland-born singer-songwriter […]
20 May 2020
Before the (Family) Stone Age: The Viscaynes (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two … One afternoon soon thereafter, Chuck Gebhardt found himself mowing the very same lawn. “Next thing I knew, a limo pulled up, and my mom got […]
19 May 2020
Before the (Family) Stone Age: The Viscaynes (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Belying his eventual reputation as an erratic personality, the young Sly Stone was considered an engaging fellow. “He was a great guy,” Gebhardt says. In […]
18 May 2020
Before the (Family) Stone Age: The Viscaynes (Part One)
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in Goldmine Magazine. The music and career of Sly Stone and his group The Family Stone is well known. What’s less explored […]
12 May 2020
Album Review: Strand — Can’t Trust the Rain
Some of the most enduring rock has come out of Ireland. The Emerald Isle has given us Van Morrison, The Undertones, Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, and even U2 (if you’re […]