Discovery: Bent Knee (Boston) – Releases New Album, Land Animal, In June
Rock and Roll certainly hasn’t stayed static as a music style during its still rampant run. In fact (Don’t throw things!), it could be said that music these days is…
Review: Uriah Heep 2CD Reissues (Look At Yourself/Demons and Wizards/The Magician’s Birthday)
If you were into Hard Rock in the ’70s, then you fell in somewhere with Uriah Heep. Whether that was with the popular track, “Easy Livin'”, or the later issued…
R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People To Get 25th Anniversary Edition (And Part Lies Reissue)
After the IRS years, R.E.M. furthered their career by creating strong Pop/Rock hits that began with the Warner debut, Green (1988). That album drove the band into multi-platinum peaks selling…
Review: Death Song – The Black Angels
It’s been 1,480 COUNTABLE days (and some change) since The Black Angels had released Indigo Meadow, their last long player of Psychedelic Rock. Indigo Meadow was an achievement that would…
New Tori Amos Album, Native Invaders, Expected In September
It most certainly – to me – feel like its NOT been well over two years since the release of Tori Amos‘ last studio album, Unrepentant Geraldines. But here we…
New Ani DiFranco Album, Binary, Set for June
Long-time folk/rock/music activist singer, Ani DiFranco has eighteen studio albums to her credit since her emergence back in 1990 with the self-released debut, Ani DiFranco. Since then, she has followed…
Thoughts On The Passing Of Cuba Gooding, Sr. of The Main Ingredient
One of the beautiful things about Soul Music during the early to mid-70s period (up to and including 1974) was that artists and groups could take their material in different…
Massive Kraftwerk Box of Recorded ‘Full Album’ Concerts, 3-D The Catalogue (and More)
Kraftwerk emerged back in the ’70s with their groundbreaking Pop/Synth Top40 song, “Autobahn”. The song captured the evolving times of Rock with an uncanny ability to be able to do…
Live Simple Minds Set, Acoustic In Concert, Planned For June
With the release of the Acoustic Simple Minds album issued in 2016, I’m on high alert to anything else by them. That album delivered a new shine to what were…
John Coltrane Collection and Mono Remastered Albums Due June, August
John Coltrane, an American treasure, whose emotive saxophone worked its way into the hearts of anyone who’s listened to it, has more than 25 albums recorded for various labels. To…
Vinyl LP: Four Neil Diamond Titles In June
For Neil Diamond fans that are also vinyl aficionados, there’s this: On June 2, Geffen Records, which has acquired the Neil Diamond Columbia Records catalog, will be reissuing several Neil…
New Gov’t Mule Album In June, Revolution Come…Revolution Go
Gov’t Mule has enjoyed a classic success for a side-project of Warren Haynes and Allen Woody, both part of Allman Brothers Band. This success replicates the success once enjoyed by…