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20 Nov 2025
Album Review: Vegas With Randolph – Drops of Gold
I’ve written about Washington DC-based group Vegas With Randolph before; 2019’s Legs & Luggage is a great collection of songs in a Cheap Trick-meets-Fountains of Wayne mold, as are Rings […]
19 Nov 2025
Robin Trower’s 21st Century Blues
Robin Trower is one of rock’s true guitar heroes. The London-born musician got his professional start forming and leading the Paramounts, an Essex beat group that would during its seven-year […]
18 Nov 2025
Take Five: Classics from the Pen of P.F. Sloan
P.F. Sloan was one of the most important behind-the-scenes artists of the mid 1960s. Working primarily as a songwriter in those days, he only occasionally made commercial inroads as a […]
17 Nov 2025
Hundred-word Reviews for November 2025: Rock
There are a number of common threads connecting the five new releases from artists covered in this roundup. One – and most important – they’re all quite good. Two, each […]
14 Nov 2025
30 Days Out, Nov. 2025 #2: Asheville Jazz Orchestra, JackTown Ramblers, Artimus Pyle Band, Eilen Jewell
Three of the four acts spotlighted in this roundup of live music in the coming 30 days are local acts. Top-quality local acts, mind you. There’s big band jazz, bluegrass […]
13 Nov 2025
Album Review: David Gilmour – The Luck and Strange Concerts
Following on from my review of Roger Waters’ latest… David Gilmour and Roger Waters differ in many ways. One quality both men share is their non-prolific nature. Since closing the […]
12 Nov 2025
Album Review: Roger Waters – This is Not a Drill – Live from Prague
To simplify matters greatly – and at the inevitable risk of ironing over some important exceptions – it’s fair to say that when it came to Pink Floyd, Roger Waters […]
11 Nov 2025
Album Reviews: Two from Adrian Younge
Adrian Younge is truly a musical renaissance man for the 21st century. As prolific as he is creative, Young continues to turn out new material of the highest quality with […]
10 Nov 2025
BOOK EVENT: What’s the Big Idea
I’m pleased to announce the imminent release of my third book, What’s the Big Idea: 30 Great Concept Albums. To celebrate its release, I’ll be appearing at Malaprop’s Bookstore in […]
07 Nov 2025
Album Reviews: Two from Anton Barbeau
Today I take a quick look at not one but two new albums from the prolific Anton Barbeau, both released on the fine Think Like a Key label… Glitch Wizard […]