rawk Archive
24 Aug 2021
Album Review: Star Collector – Game Day
Devotees of rock and pop will know that “Star Collector” is a classic Monkees tune from their high-watermark 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. It’s also the name […]
22 Aug 2021
Album Review: Wanderlust — All a View
Roch Parisen’s review of Wanderlust’s 1995 debut name-checks some useful touchpoints to place the Nashville band’s music in context: The Searchers, Beau Brummels, Brds and Bay City Rollers. For music […]
19 Aug 2021
Album Review: Greg Antista and the Lonely Streets — Under the Neon Heat
When we last checked in with this South California rock quartet about two years ago, they had released their debut album, Shake, Stomp and Stumble. As I wrote at the […]
17 Aug 2021
Album Review: Snowglobe — Doing the Distance
Doing the Distance is full of surprises, especially for listeners who approach it without preconceived notions. After a brief, brass-centric intro (“Theme Music,”) the group shifts into what initially sounds […]
13 Aug 2021
Album Review: Mumps — Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That
American pop culture consumers of a certain age (aka television viewers) will recall An American Family, a groundbreaking PBS documentary series that first aired in 1973. Setting aside the fact […]
12 Aug 2021
More from My Chat with Joe Bonamassa
I recently spoke to blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa ahead of a summer 2021 mini-tour of the West Coast. The interview formed the core of a print feature I wrote. Below […]
11 Aug 2021
How Joe Bonamassa Spent His (Pandemic) Vacation
When touring musicians were forced off the road in March 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, few thought the disruption would last more than a few months. More than 16 months […]
10 Aug 2021
Album Review: The Beat Farmers — Tales of the New West
One of the more fascinating characteristics of ‘80s new wave / college rock / alternative (or whatever you’d care to call it) was the manner in which it folded in […]
08 Aug 2021
Album Review: Sweet — Isolation Boulevard
Artists often have very good reasons for re-recording their hit songs. The vagaries of the music industry are such that artists – even ones who wrote their own material – […]
06 Aug 2021
Album Review: Mark & the Clouds — Waves
Many artists have chosen the retro path. They write new, original tunes but aim for a sound and style that evokes the past. And like any other creative set of […]