Author Archive
08 Apr 2025
Album Review: Lotti Golden — Motor-Cycle
Singer-songwriter Lotti Golden released her debut album in 1969, and a remarkable debut it was. But Motor-Cycle largely disappeared without a trace, failing to make the impact it so richly […]
07 Apr 2025
Album Review: Dennis Coffey – Finger Lickin Pickin Good
Dennis Coffey is one of music’s unsung guitar heroes. A key session player in the Detroit music scene, he played on countless recordings coming out of that city’s most fertile […]
06 Apr 2025
A Heaping Helping of Herman’s Hermits Hits
It’s often forgotten today, but during the so-called British Invasion – a period known in the UK as the Beat Era – Herman’s Hermits was second in popularity only to […]
05 Apr 2025
Music Blurbs, Vol. 9
More of my capsule commentaries. Crash Test Dummies Brad Roberts’ distinctive and inimitable vocals helped propel Crash Test Dummies’ “Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm” to to the very top of singles […]
04 Apr 2025
Lollapalooza: Mainstreaming the Alternative
This feature appeared previously in SPIN. Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival New oral history tells the wild inside stories of groundbreaking ‘90s Festival Lollapalooza changed the […]
03 Apr 2025
The Might Be Giants: Darlings of Peel-Land
(NOTE: This feature refers to a pair of shows that were scheduled for last month but have since been postponed until November 2025 — bk) They Might Be Giants have […]
02 Apr 2025
Y&T: Back to Basics
Hard rock and heavy metal has gone through many phases. It has gone in and out of fashion, and endured the so-called “hair metal” era of the ‘80s. But for […]
01 Apr 2025
30 Days Out, April 2025 #2: Ripe, Mystery Lights, Consider the Source, Rhiannon Giddens
You can’t keep a great city down. Big things are happening in Asheville. It was just six months ago that we sustained devastating and deadly damage from Tropical Storm Helene; […]
31 Mar 2025
Book Review: Times and Seasons: The Rise and Fall and Rise of The Zombies
It’s impossible to provide even a rough estimate of how many rock bios have been published. Let’s agree: a lot. Some artists – you know the ones – have been […]
30 Mar 2025
Take Five: Porcupine Tree Classics
Guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter Steven Wilson is a progressive rock hero for the 21st century. As a remix master extraordinaire, he has overseen new mixes of classic albums by […]