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14 May 2025
Take Five: Bad Company
Something of a supergroup, Bad Company was a fixture on American FM radio of the 1970s. The blues-based hard rock band was based in the UK but found more commercial […]
09 May 2025
Take Five: Robin Trower
Robin Trower has had a long and impressive career. A founding member and lead guitarist for Procol Harum, his guitar work adorned that group’s first five albums (and a pair […]
03 May 2025
Take Five: The Pretty Things
When The Pretty Things came on the music scene in 1965, they quickly earned a reputation as being “harder than the Rolling Stones.” The London group had an actual connection […]
26 Apr 2025
Five Alice Cooper Solo Tracks You Should Know
At the beginning in Phoenix in 1968, Alice Cooper was a band. Though the group would come to represent the vanguard of glam- and shock-rock, in its earliest days Alice […]
19 Apr 2025
Music Blurbs, Vol. 10
More of my capsule commentaries. flipturn Launched in Fernandina Beach, Florida in 2015, flipturn has gone on to become a popular force in indie rock. Flipturn is noteworthy for a […]
14 Apr 2025
Five Alan Parsons Project Tracks You Should Know
Formed in 1975 by its namesake, the acclaimed producer and engineer, The Alan Parsons Project released its eighth studio album, Vulture Culture in March 1985. While the album wasn’t a […]
12 Apr 2025
Five Bruce Springsteen Classics Covered by Other Artists
Bruce Springsteen has written and recorded nearly 400 songs. A staggering number of them have become hits and/or classic album tracks. In recognition of that fact, Columbia Records – his […]
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 […]
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 […]