Author Archive
30 May 2011
Album Review: The Paperhead
Lots of artists have jumped on the retro-psych bandwagon over the years. And as many have jumped back off again. Still, the list of groups who effectively conjured the vibe […]
27 May 2011
Album Review: Booker T & the MGs – McLemore Avenue
Tribute albums are a common, generally unexciting fixture of the modern music scene. The formula is, well, formulaic: round up an allstar cast of current flashes in the proverbial pan, […]
26 May 2011
Concert Review (sorta): Garage a Trois
First, the bad news. I was scheduled to attend a recent local show featuring Garage a Trois. The hard-to-describe band’s sound is a heady mix of jazz, punk, rock and […]
25 May 2011
God’s Gift to the Ears: Fred Pallem
Imagine a big band like in the old days of Glenn Miller. Now imagine that group performing — with wit and style – a set of original songs they’ve scored […]
24 May 2011
It Would Seem That The Times Are in Fact Changing
If you’re a regular – or even an occasional – reader of this blog, well thank you. And if you are — and/or if you follow me on Twitter or […]
23 May 2011
The Tracy Nelson Interview
Tracy Nelson first came to prominence with a highly regarded debut album Deep Are the Roots in 1965. Even then this white teenager from Wisconsin was covering Ma Rainey and […]
20 May 2011
Firesign Theatre – Box of Danger
Here’s one you might have missed. — bk The conventional wisdom about The Who back in the 1970s–and this line of thinking was explicitly reinforced by no less than Pete […]
19 May 2011
Brotherhood: The Story Behind the Story
In early 2010 I got a press release from a publicist with whom I often work. Collectors’ Choice Music (as of mid 2011, a defunct label) was putting together a […]
18 May 2011
The Cheeksters: Golden Birds Take Flight
Mark Casson and Shannon Hines Casson – the husband-and-wife musical team leading The Cheeksters — clearly aren’t originally from around here. Mark’s British accent and Shannon’s Memphis lilt make it […]
17 May 2011
Book Review: The Resurrection of Johnny Cash
Historical revisionism is a tricky business. And it’s a daunting endeavor: the writer faces an uphill battle, attempting to convince his or her audience that what they’ve come to accept […]