Author Archive
28 Oct 2011
Looking Back at Monterey Pop
I’m reminded of Monterey Pop — the grand-daddy of ’em all — that took place more than 44 years ago. Here’s a feature I did on the 40th anniversary of […]
27 Oct 2011
Album Review: Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton – Play the Blues
There’s long been an undercurrent of humility (or perhaps even shyness) in the work of Eric Clapton. Sure, he was dubbed “God” in late-sixties Britain thanks to his guitar work, […]
26 Oct 2011
Album Review: Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits
The new 2cd collection Songs From the South Volumes 1 &2 is subtitled Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits, but if you live in the USA, the subtitle could as easily have […]
25 Oct 2011
Album Review: The Buzzcocks – What Do I Get?
The CD+DVD package What Do I Get? documents the reunited Buzzcocks on a live date at Shepherds Bush Empire in 2003. And if the title is a question, the answer […]
24 Oct 2011
Album Review: Tom Principato – A Part of Me
There’s an old saying where pop music is concerned: “Don’t bore us; get to the chorus.” 1970s hitmakers The Raspberries were the very embodiment of this aesthetic: many of their […]
21 Oct 2011
Preview: Jump Out the Window – The Brotherhood Story
April 30, 1967 — On this Sunday evening, the popular group Paul Revere and the Raiders were scheduled to appear for the first time on the hit television program The […]
20 Oct 2011
The dB’s and the Collective Unconscious
Chalk it up to coincidence if you must; me, I’m not superstitious but the timing is remarkable. Yesterday I was contacted by a fellow NC-based writer/blogger/music fan, asking permission to […]
20 Oct 2011
Album Review: Alberta Hunter – Downhearted Blues
Here’s a slightly unusual item, but it’s of such historical import that it would be unfair to call it a curio. Alberta Hunter was 86 years old when this live […]
19 Oct 2011
Album Review: Gentle Giant – Three Friends
Three Friends finds 70s progressive group Gentle Giant at their most rocking and abrasive, yet the group manages to deliver a set of challenging, progressive numbers in the process. Right […]
18 Oct 2011
Album Review: Mike Viola- Electro de Perfecto
He probably gets tired of the reference, but most people know Mike Viola’s raspy-yet-expressive voice from the theme song to That Thing You Do! Before and since, Viola has had […]