new release Archive
23 Jan 2014
Nik Turner: Mystical Interdimensional Space Gypsy (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Nik Turner: And the success of the Hawkwind “Silver Machine” single enabled us to mount the Space Ritual [tour], which was quite an expensive project. Jonathan […]
22 Jan 2014
Nik Turner: Mystical Interdimensional Space Gypsy (Part One)
It takes awhile to earn status as a Grand Old Man of, well, of anything. It seems to take even longer if the thing in question is rock music. But […]
21 Jan 2014
Leo “Bud” Welch: A Long Journey, Part Two
Continued from Part One… And it is about that good music that I speak – briefly – with Mr. Leo “Bud” Welch. He has made the two-plus hour trip north […]
20 Jan 2014
Leo “Bud” Welch: A Long Journey, Part One
Every so often I’ll stumble across a story that is so note-perfect, so finely wrought, that my cynical side, the suspicious dimension of my nature is engaged. And since the […]
16 Jan 2014
Album Review: Volker Kriegel — Mainz 1963-1969
Consider yourself forgiven if you find yourself unfamiliar with the name Volker Kriegel, and even more forgiven if you’re unfamiliar with his work as pioneering artist in the soul-jazz genre. […]
15 Jan 2014
Album Review: New Model Army — Between Dog and Wolf
New Model Army are one of those groups whose body of work has gone all but unnoticed in the USA while enjoying some measure of success in the band’s home […]
14 Jan 2014
EP Review: Old 97’s and Waylon Jennings
The argument is often put forth – and not wholly without merit – that modern commercial country and western is an extension of rock music. The thinking goes that today’s […]
13 Jan 2014
Album Review: Night Beats — Sonic Bloom
Modern perspectives on 60s garage rock have littered the musical landscape in the 21st century. But I’m reminded of an oft-repeated response to all that by a friend of mine. […]
10 Jan 2014
Concert Review & Photoblog: Fitz and the Tantrums, Asheville NC, 5 Nov. 2013
Modern r&b-flavored pop act Fitz and the Tantrums returned to Asheville recently for an enthusiastic, packed-house reception. Focusing on tunes from their second album (2013’s More than Just a Dream) […]
30 Dec 2013
Album Review: The Chills — Somewhere Beautiful
While I choose to believe that – on some exceedingly modest level – I have reasonably good critical sense of measure where music is concerned, I have no illusions about […]