rawk Archive
24 Oct 2019
La Santa Cecilia: Honesty Transcends Language
Grammy-winning La Santa Cecilia bridges the gap between traditional and modern music. The group of Mexican-American musicians was among the headlining acts at this year’s LEAF Fall Festival. Part of […]
23 Oct 2019
For Example: A Look Back at ‘The Nice’ at 50
It’s unfortunate that when the Nice come up in conversation today, they’re too quickly summed up as “the band that Keith Emerson was in before ELP.” That’s a true enough […]
22 Oct 2019
Album Review: Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue — The Collection
An obscure and overlooked bit of music history is revived with a reissue/archival release by Roger C. Reale and Rue Morgue. Reale led a band that was together for a […]
21 Oct 2019
The Marcus King Band: All in the Family
Though he’s a mere 23 years old, Greenville, S.C.-born guitarist and songwriter Marcus King already has three albums and an EP to his credit. In the space of just a […]
18 Oct 2019
Album Review: Big Star — In Space
To those who followed Alex Chilton’s musical activities in the 1980s and beyond, the thought that he would ever revisit his Big Star-era music – much less put the band […]
11 Oct 2019
Ex Hex is Bigger and Better Than Ever
It’s best not to read too much into the fact that eclectic musician and songwriter Mary Timony’s band Ex Hex took its name from a solo album she made back […]
09 Oct 2019
A Session with the Session Man: Rick Wakeman (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Of all the sessions you’ve played on, is there one that really stands out as a particularly disastrous or unpleasant? No. I’ve never had any unpleasant […]
08 Oct 2019
A Session with the Session Man: Rick Wakeman (Part One)
Mention the name Rick Wakeman to a fan of ’70s rock and they’ll immediately think of Yes, the band he has joined and quit more than five times. Dig further […]
03 Oct 2019
Unmarked Exit: Led Zeppelin’s ‘In Through the Out Door’ at 40 (Part Two)
Continued from Side One… Nothing heard on the first side of In Though the Out Door prepares listeners for what they hear after they flip the record over and drop […]
02 Oct 2019
Unmarked Exit: Led Zeppelin’s ‘In Through the Out Door’ at 40 (Part One)
Led Zeppelin’s seventh studio album, Presence, was released at the end of March 1976. In contrast with the near-unanimous critical acclaim that greeted the band’s previous release, 1975’s double-LP Physical […]