rawk Archive
22 May 2013
Hundred Word Reviews: Vinyl Roundup for May 2013
Here’s another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews; this time ’round I’m focusing on vinyl releases. My self-imposed limit for this particular exercise is 100 words on each […]
17 May 2013
Album Review: Blue Öyster Cult — Imaginos
Imaginos has a tortured history. The eleventh studio album released by Blue Öyster Cult (they had by this time released no less than three live albums), Imaginos was comprised of […]
14 May 2013
Album Review: Donovan’s Brain – Turned Up Later
There’s a kind of powerpop that steers well clear of the candy-ass end of the spectrum, yet manages to avoid macho, posturing cockrock-iness. That sweet spot is where Donovan’s Brain […]
10 May 2013
Album Review: Greg Lake — Songs of a Lifetime
It’s been about a year since I made the trip to Durham NC to see Greg Lake in concert. In the run-up to that performance, I interviewed Greg, and while […]
03 May 2013
Album Review: Captain Beyond — Live in Texas: October 6, 1973
Way back in my high school days, I developed an abiding interest that developed into a lifelong hobby. Though these days its intensity level is much lower than, say, […]
02 May 2013
Album Review: Hymn for Her Presents Lucy and Wayne’s Smokin’ Flames
Rock’n’roll doesn’t have a long list of successful male-female duets; at least not ones that, y’know, rock. Other traditions have done well with the duet format: Porter Wagoner and Dolly […]
29 Apr 2013
Concert Review: Black Angels, Allah-Las and Elephant Stone — Asheville NC April 5 2013
I started attending arena-scale rock concerts back in the late 1970s. My first show was in October 1978, seeing Electric Light Orchestra with their hamburger bun/spaceship setup at Atlanta’s Omni. […]
25 Apr 2013
Album Review: Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys — The Street Giveth…and the Street Taketh Away
When it comes to James Marshall Hendrix, there are any number of “fun facts,” little tidbits of trivia that may or may not add to one’s understanding of the man […]
12 Apr 2013
Album Review: The Edgar Broughton Band — Live in Hamburg: The Fabrik Concert 1973
Greetings, gentle reader. If you’ve found your way here, I offer you my most heartfelt welcome. The odds were against you stumbling across this particular review by happenstance. What’s on […]
11 Apr 2013
Album Review: Conspiracy – Conspiracy Live
As the sole member of Yes to appear on every single album, Chris Squire has stayed quite busy these last several decades. Though he released but one solo album (1975’s […]