tommy keene Archive
24 Nov 2017
In Memory of Tommy Keene
Every so often – and not really that often at all – I hear a song that figuratively grabs me by the lapels and shakes me. It happened with World […]
23 May 2017
Teaming Up: Tommy Keene and Ivan Julian
Tommy Keene and Ivan Julian recently completed a dual solo tour; just ahead of that run, I spoke with Keene. It was the third time I had interviewed him since […]
02 Oct 2015
Album Mini-review: Tommy Keene — Laugh in the Dark
File Next to: Marshall Crenshaw, Smithereens, Matthew Sweet A dedicated soldier in power pop’s ongoing struggle for critical and commercial success, Keene is at the top of the genre in […]
05 Aug 2013
Album Review: Tommy Keene – Excitement At Your Feet
There’s a fascinating thread that has run through my interviews with recording artists over the last several years. Not surprisingly, many of my favorite musicians are also world-class fans. And […]
14 Sep 2011
Tommy Keene: A Parade of Timeless Albums
Consistency is often thought of as being anathema to creativity. Ralph Waldo Emerson famously asserted that “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Yet there are a special […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (full interview)
In September 2006 I talked with Tommy Keene about his early brush with success, his new record Crashing the Ether, his disdain of genre labels, and much more. While it […]
22 Jan 2008
Tommy Keene in the Naughties (short version)
NOTE: The full text of my 2006 conversation with Tommy Keene is here. It’s like he never left. In fact he didn’t.Tommy Keene’s first major release, 1986’s Songs From the […]