rawk Archive
09 Apr 2013
Album Review: Quicksilver Messenger Service — Live at the Fillmore June 7, 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service were one of those bands of the 60s and early 70s that undeservedly sort of fell through the cracks of history. They released seven LPs between 1968 […]
27 Mar 2013
Album Review: Jeff Healey – As the Years Go Passing By
Now here’s an interesting package. Compiled and released with the full cooperation, involvement and blessing of the family/estate of the late Jeff Healey, As the Years Go Passing By is […]
26 Mar 2013
Album Review: Freddie King – The Complete King Federal Singles
Freddie King was a big man with a big guitar sound. An important figure in the history of blues, he’s also one of the most accessible artists in the genre; […]
25 Mar 2013
Album Review: Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective
Seven CDs represents quite a lot of music. And all of the music on Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective was recorded in the space of six and half year years. […]
15 Mar 2013
Capsule Reviews: March 2013, Part 2
Here’s yet another in my occasional series of capsule reviews; once again I had a huge stack of CDs deserving of review, but time doesn’t allow for full-length reviews of […]
05 Mar 2013
Album Review: Nektar – Journey to the Centre of the Eye
The history of 1970s rock is littered with also-rans. Even though the pop music landscape of that decade was arguably more varied than today’s (and by “pop” I mean music […]
22 Feb 2013
Album Review: Huw Lloyd-Langton – Rare & Unreleased Anthology 1971-2012
You could be forgiven if, upon seeing the cover of Rare & Unreleased Anthology 1971-2012 for the first time, you chuckled and thought it sported a photo of Spinal Tap‘s […]
20 Feb 2013
Album Review: Sam Samudio – Sam, Hard and Heavy
“Wooly Bully!” Yes, if you remember pop music of the 1960s – fondly or otherwise – you will recall this garage rockin’ classic. With its wheezing Farfisa organ lines, manic-and-stomping […]
30 Jan 2013
Album Review: Jamie & Steve — Imaginary Café
I’ve probably told the story before: growing up in Atlanta, I discovered the Spongetones‘ debut LP Beat Music in the bin of an indie record shop not long after its […]
24 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part 6
Here’s the final — for now — of four installments in my occasional series of capsule reviews; you’ll find rock, blue-eyed soul, fusion and breezy SoCal pop. I had a […]