todd rundgren Archive
27 Aug 2021
Album Review: Joe Jackson & Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel — State Theater New Jersey 2005
It was more than sixteen years ago that two of popular music’s most iconoclastic artists decided to work together (sort of). Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson teamed up for a […]
23 Jul 2021
Album Review: Various Artists — Still Wish You Were Here
My standard disclaimer where tribute albums are concerned is that the concept if dodgy on its face, and that it rarely succeeds. But for every rule here is an exception, […]
10 May 2021
Album Reviews: Two featuring Fernando Perdomo
In this post-major-label era when many of the so-called barriers to entry have been swept away, the fact that a recording artist is prolific doesn’t provide a reliable indicator as […]
31 Mar 2021
With Live Concerts on Hold, Todd Rundgren Employs Technology as Something to Fall Back On
This concert review appeared previously in PROG Magazine. Sidelined by the pandemic, multigenre hero Todd Rundgren did what he often does: he looked to technology to provide human connection. And […]
30 Mar 2021
Todd Rundgren’s 1989 album ‘Nearly Human’ gets a Covid-era 2nd Wind
Even in the face of widespread venue closures, Todd Rundgren has found a way to bring live music to his fans. His run of shows had one of its final […]
26 Feb 2021
Todd Rundgren’s “Clearly Human” Tour: The Ever Popular Geofenced Artist Effect (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … “We’re doing 25 shows specifically targeted to 25 markets,” Rundgren says. “And everything that we do will be in the pursuit of preserving the experience […]
25 Feb 2021
Todd Rundgren’s “Clearly Human” Tour: The Ever Popular Geofenced Artist Effect (Part One)
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in New City. For his latest concert tour, perennial wunderkid Todd Rundgren is revisiting his 1989 album Nearly Human. With an expanded […]
03 Feb 2021
Album Review: The Ed Palermo Big Band — The Adventures of Zodd Zundgren
Frank Zappa’s body of work is massive. Even if one limits oneself to the music released during his lifetime, it’s a lot. Me, I have his first 45 or so […]
12 Jun 2020
Album Review: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Benefit for Moogy Klingman
After the success of his double LPs Something/Anything? (1972) and Todd (1974) as well as the double-album in all but pressing A Wizard/A True Star (1973), Todd Rundgren decided to […]
12 Feb 2020
Shot in the Dark: Utopia’s ‘Adventures in Utopia’ at at 40
Utopia – or Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, as it was originally and would years later again be known – started out as one thing and became another. In its original form, […]