Author Archive
31 Aug 2023
Preview: Music to Your Ears / Carole King’s ‘Tapestry’
Hosted by the Asheville Guitar Bar, a discussion series provides deeper understanding and greater enjoyment of classic albums and recording artists. Led by Asheville speaker, author and music journalist Bill […]
30 Aug 2023
Album Review: Martin Denny – Deep Exotica
Some readers of this blogzine may remember the 1990s, a period when – for a moment, at least, it seemed – exotica made a comeback. Exemplified by the self-consciously retro […]
29 Aug 2023
Album Review: Various Artists – March of the Flower Children
A strong case can be made that Lenny Kaye started it all. When Nuggets appeared in the early 1970s, the idea of curated archival releases wasn’t a common one. Kaye’s […]
28 Aug 2023
Album Review: Dengue Fever – Ting Mong
Led by brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman and fronted by the exquisite vocalist Chhom Nimol, Dengue Fever combines the traditional sound of Southeast Asia with Western pop values, and the […]
27 Aug 2023
EP Review: Dennis Davison – Creaturefeature
I’m not sure what the current status of The Jigsaw Seen is; I haven’t seen any official announcement signaling their end (which likely came about some years ago). But I […]
26 Aug 2023
Album Review: Coco Montoya – Writing on the Wall
Guitarist Coco Montoya first came to my attention way back in 1997 when he was featured on Behind the Iron Curtain, the then-new album from John Mayall’s reactivated Bluesbreakers. I […]
25 Aug 2023
Album Review: Chuck Owen and the WDR Big Band – Renderings
It’s more than a bit remarkable that the big band format has sustained into the 21st century, no less into 2023. But indeed it has, and much of the credit […]
24 Aug 2023
Five Patrick Moraz recordings you should know
Keyboard virtuoso Patrick Moraz is best-known for his time as a member of Yes, and later with the Moody Blues. His superb playing on piano, synthesizers and organ is a […]
23 Aug 2023
Album Review: Soft Machine – Other Doors
A different set of “rules” apply to jazz than to rock. In rock – especially of the so-called classic variety – there’s endless contention as to what constitutes a “real” […]
22 Aug 2023
Take Five: 5 Todd Rundgren Production Credits You Should Know
Todd Rundgren is one of music’s renaissance men. He’s a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with more than 20 studio albums to his name; that doesn’t even count the three albums […]