rawk Archive
11 May 2017
An American in London: The Shel Talmy Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… While Talmy was busy producing hits for The Who, The Kinks and others, he found time to produce quite a few lesser-known artists. As an independent […]
10 May 2017
An American in London: The Shel Talmy Interview, Part One
In the history of rock and pop, it’s rare that a producer becomes a “rock star.” Certain names have become prominent fixtures in the audio part of pop culture: Phil […]
01 May 2017
Album Mini-review: The Feelies — In Between
File next to: Violent Femmes, Velvet Underground The choice of production aesthetic is everything on In Between, the Feelies‘ 6th album (and their second since ending their nearly two-decade hiatus). […]
21 Apr 2017
Los Lonely Boys’ Modern-day Revelation
In 2004, Texas-based Los Lonely Boys scored their biggest hit to date, “Heaven.” The single charted on adult contemporary, country and pop charts, underscoring an important fact about the trio […]
20 Apr 2017
Alejandro Escovedo Continues His Musical Exploration
Throughout the course of his long and musically varied career, Alejandro Escovedo has explored many musical forms: punk, country, rock and more. In 1998 influential music magazine No Depression named […]
17 Apr 2017
Album Review: Ultimate Spinach — Behold & See (Mono)
At the time of its 1968 release, Ultimate Spinach‘s Behold & See suffered from critical backlash. Those brickbats were directed primarily at the ill-advised “Bosstown Sound” marketing hype that surrounded […]
13 Apr 2017
Album Mini-review: Wild Adriatic — Feel
File next to: The Heavy, The New Mastersounds, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings This NYC-based trio describes its music as “power soul,” and for once a genre label is dead-on […]
13 Apr 2017
Album Mini-review: Steve Hackett — The Night Siren
File next to: IQ, Genesis, Marillion Back in his days as Genesis’ guitarist, Steve Hackett was somewhat reined in as far as expressing himself on guitar. The progressive rock group’s […]
12 Apr 2017
Album Mini-review: R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner — Make it Be
File next to: Martin Newell, The Orange Peels, Fountains of Wayne With output that makes Guided by Voices’ Robert Pollard look like Boston’s Tom Scholz, lo-fi hero R. Stevie Moore […]
11 Apr 2017
Coming Attractions: Larry Coryell
Groundbreaking multi-genre guitarist Larry Coryell passed away unexpectedly in February. I’m a longtime fan of his; I first interviewed him in 2014. And then last year I had the honor […]