pop Archive
19 Mar 2019
Hot off the Press: Redd Kross’ Hot Issue
This is the second of three non-overlapping Redd Kross features. Enjoy. — bk In a way, Redd Kross is a band captured in time. When brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald […]
18 Mar 2019
Shootout at the Bubblegum Factory: Redd Kross
This is the first of three non-overlapping Redd Kross features. Enjoy. — bk Since forming in 1980, Hawthorne, California-based Redd Kross has been expertly straddling the link between punk rock […]
15 Mar 2019
Album Review: Lavender Blue — Dusk
A sense of humor is not typically at the top of a list of notable characteristic of a singer-songwriter. By definition—and with some exceptions, of course—singer-songwriters tend to be a […]
14 Mar 2019
Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde: Vintage British Pop’s Modern-day Dynamic Duo
Note: This is the second of two feature/interviews with Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde, originally written for two different print outlets. There’s a tiny bit of overlap in the introductory […]
13 Mar 2019
They Go to Pieces: Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde Team Up
Note: This is the first of two feature/interviews with Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde, originally written for two different print outlets. There’s a tiny bit of overlap in the introductory […]
11 Mar 2019
They Showed Us: ‘The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands’ at 40
This feature is now serving as the basis of a longer, more in-depth discussion of the album in a chapter of Bill Kopp’s upcoming book, What’s the Big Idea: 30 […]
10 Mar 2019
‘Miles and Miles’ with Carrie Morrison
Carrie Morrison is a Brevard, North Carolina-based singer, songwriter and pianist. She’s also a teacher of exceptional children at Brevard High School. She recently recorded and released her first full-length […]
03 Mar 2019
Album Review: Taylor Martin — Song Dogs
Song Dogs is a collection of eleven songs – 8 originals plus 3 well-chosen and relatively obscure covers – sung and played by Asheville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist Taylor Martin. By definition, Song […]
02 Mar 2019
EP Review: David Browning — Now You See Me
Now You See Me is a three-song EP from South Africa-born electronic pop artist David Browning. Currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, he has a background working on Disney Cruise […]
20 Feb 2019
Herb Alpert: International Man of Music
It’s only a slight overstatement to call trumpeter Herb Alpert the king of 1960s easy listening music. Alpert, of course, led the staggeringly successful Tijuana Brass; if you’ve ever been […]