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30 Nov 2024
Hundred-word (Rock) Reviews, November 2024
Five more capsule reviews. Please note that every one of these album deserves not only fulsome praise, but a much longer, more in-depth review that I’m giving here. Suffice to […]
29 Nov 2024
Warren Haynes: Day of Reckoning
When Warren Haynes began gearing up for press availability to promote his latest album, he had no idea what lay ahead. The disastrous impact of Hurricane Helene on his hometown […]
28 Nov 2024
Album Review: Focus – Focus 12
There are bands and artists who end up being inextricably connected in listeners’ minds with a particular time period. This can be the case even if the artist’s work continued […]
27 Nov 2024
Album Review: Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks – True
Let’s start with the bad, getting it out of the way since there’s very little of it. The cover art for Jon Anderson’s latest album is at best uninspired. And […]
26 Nov 2024
Take Five: Power Pop Classics from the Raspberries
Power pop is a rock subgenre that inevitably divides fans. The style is held in high regard by listeners who love the sharp hooks, strong melodies and exuberant arrangements that […]
25 Nov 2024
Hundred-word (Power Pop) Reviews, November 2024
For this round of Hundred Word Reviews, it’s a veritable feast – a panoply, a cornucopia… a surfeit, even – of power pop. Valley Lodge – Shadows in Paradise New […]
24 Nov 2024
Music Blurbs, Vol. 3
More of my capsule commentaries. Alejandro Escovedo Alejandro Escovedo may not be a household name, but he’s lineage of musical royalty. Big brother and percussionist Coke Escovedo was a key […]
23 Nov 2024
Hundred-word Reviews for November 2024: Blues/Roots
It’s been some time since I’ve done a clutch of hundred-word reviews; three months, to be exact. So here’s five, all in the blues/roots bag. Piper & the Hard Times […]
22 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Easter initially liked what he knew of the I.R.S. business model. “I liked it from a practical standpoint,” he says. “But I had a very cavalier […]
21 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Easter looks back at that period – now thought of as the dawn of “college rock” or alternative rock – as a musically freewheeling time when […]