bongos Archive
17 Jun 2025
Hundred-(plus)-word Reviews for June 2025: Rock/Pop
I launched my hundred-word review format years ago as both a way to provide coverage to deserving music and as an exercise in concise writing. This go-round I stick to […]
21 Nov 2013
Richard Barone on The Bongos’ Phantom Train (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… I observe that Phantom Train is somehow less “80s” sounding than any of The Bongos‘ other records, and wonder aloud whether that’s due to the approach […]
20 Nov 2013
Richard Barone on The Bongos’ Phantom Train (Part One)
Measured by album releases, The Bongos‘ musical career lasted a mere six years. The Hoboken NJ-based group released EPs in 1980 and 1982, and three albums between 1982 and 1985. […]