compilation Archive
23 Oct 2015
Album Review: Bill Evans — The Complete Fantasy Recordings
Bill Evans was a singular figure in the world of music, and even more so within the context of the jazz idiom. His music could never quite be described as […]
20 Oct 2015
DVD Review: Escala Musical TV 1966-67
I took three years of Spanish in high school – seemingly a thousand years ago, more like thirty – and to this day I can correctly pronounce the items on […]
07 Oct 2015
Bill Dahl and I Discuss “Groove & Grind: Rare Soul ’63-’73”
From a critical perspective, there’s not a whole lot to be said or written about Groove & Grind: Rare Soul ’63 – ’73. One either gets it, or doesn’t. Suffice […]
25 Sep 2015
Album Review: Marshall Crenshaw — #392: The EP Collection
For better or worse (actually, for better and worse) things used to be different: recording artists focused on their music, and the record company – or at least artist management […]
18 Sep 2015
Album Mini-review: The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience — I Like Rain
File Next to: The Chills, The Clean, Straitjacket Fits Sporting a playful name (eventually shortened in response to lawsuits) that had less than nothing to do with their sound, this […]
13 Jul 2015
Album Review: Thelonious Monk — The Complete Riverside Recordings
In my final year of college, I was exceedingly fortunate to have signed up for a course called American Popular Music History: Stephen Foster to the Present. There were only […]
06 Jul 2015
Album Review: Yes — Progeny: Seven From Seventy-Two
It was just a bit more than three years ago today that I got the opportunity to speak with Chris Squire of Yes. Though he was never put forth as […]
23 Jun 2015
Album Review: Little Richard — Directly From My Heart
For music lovers of a certain age range, the work of Richard Penniman is the sort of music that one might only rarely make an effort to hear. The name […]
10 Jun 2015
Album Review: Wes Montgomery — The Classic Recordings 1958-1960
The world’s a much smaller place today than it was a quarter century ago. When I frequented record stores – even once the CD era began – import albums were […]
04 Jun 2015
Album Review: The Complete Stax Soul Singles Vol 3: 1972-1975
Nearly a quarter century ago (April 30, 1991 to be exact), a lavish, 9CD set called The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968 was released. Housed in a large box and featuring […]