genesis Archive
26 Mar 2023
Take Five: Phil Collins
Phil Collins is best known as the lead singer and drummer in Genesis, and as a solo artist. His peerless drumming is a key component of what makes those recordings […]
15 Jan 2023
30 Days Out, January 2023 #2: Andrew Scotchie, ABACAB, Neal Francis, Free Planet Radio
Here we are in mid-January. As I’ve observed countless times before, this is the “quiet season” in Western North Carolina. The weather can be blustery, but the season presents an […]
24 Dec 2022
Take Five: Early Epics from Genesis
The fourth album from Genesis, Foxtrot was released 50 years ago October. The critically-acclaimed album was the band’s first major commercial breakthrough, climbing to the #1 spot in Italy and […]
09 Dec 2022
Album Review: Steve Hackett — Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More
There’s a sizable contingent of Genesis fans that vastly prefers the group’s earlier work – its progressive era, so to speak – over the band’s later, more pop-oriented period. They’re […]
23 Aug 2022
Five Unforced Errors and Musical Missteps
More from my “Take 5” series… Even rock’s biggest names occasionally release a dud. These five albums threatened to derail careers. And in some cases they did. Emerson Lake & […]
07 Mar 2022
March Through Time: Genesis
This month, I’m hitting pause on coverage of new artists and releases, focusing instead for a bit on the bodies of work from some of my favorite artists. — bk […]
05 Oct 2020
Book Review: Steve Hackett — A Genesis in My Bed
As a longtime fan of early Genesis and the solo work of Steve Hackett – as well as having interviewed Hackett on no less than three occasions and seen him […]
08 Aug 2018
Book Review: Richard Macphail — My Book of Genesis
I really enjoy reading behind-the-scenes and/or personal memoirs about the different corners of the music world. While reading autobiographies by big names has its rewards, I tend to find greater […]
25 Apr 2017
Steve Hackett Discusses “The Night Siren” (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… BILL KOPP: One of the things I’ve found sort of curiously interesting about him is that his career trajectory is a little bit like Phil Collins: […]
24 Apr 2017
Steve Hackett Discusses ‘The Night Siren” (Part One)
During his time with Genesis, guitarist Steve Hackett released one solo album, 1975’s Voyage of the Acolyte. That album featured two of his then-current band mates – bassist Mike Rutherford […]
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