TAPNotes: November 30, 2020
Back to the annual slowdown of new album releases for the holidays. Actually, we’ve been lucky over the last few years with a nice stream of news that carried over…
NEW E.P.: KELSEY WALDON, “They’ll Never Keep Us Down”
“I want to work towards a new southern strategy because my South is a South for all people,” says Nashville recording artist and proud Kentucky native Kelsey Waldon. The next…
BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: Rob’s Holiday Gift Guide, 2020 – Can’t Miss Recommendations!
In this very strange time of a worldwide pandemic and (subsequent) necessary isolation, going gift shopping may not be the best idea. However, if you have someone in your life…
Andy Williams To Get 4CD Package, The Ultimate Collection
What can you say about Andy Williams except “he’s one of the greats”! With a magnificent career that spanned a length of approximately 40 years in recorded music that produced…
FEATURED VIDEO: RARE DM, “Send N***s”
Rare DM shares new single “Send N***s” with an epic music video filmed in the empty streets of New York City at the very beginning of the pandemic. Erin Hoagg…
UPDATE: Japan Album, Quiet Life, To Be Reissued In 3CD/1LP Box Remastered
Late ’70s English New Wave was added to with the arrival of Japan. This band featured David Sylvian, who changed the band to Rain Tree Crow before its demise back…
FEATURED NEW TRACK/VIDEO: SARA NOELLE, “Let There Be Love”
Sara Noelle is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and creator of the print literary journal Lyrics as Poetry. Her covers E.P., Four Songs, revisits a few timely classics for this moment…
Black Sabbath Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Vol. 4 With Expanded 4CD Box, 5LP Box
Black Sabbath has been getting Anniversary attention. Released in 1972, Vol. 4 will reach 50 in 2022. However, links have popped up with announcements for a Super Deluxe 4CD Box…
A RE-VISIT/RE-APPRECIATION: BINKY PHILIPS, “Binky Philips”
Author, raconteur, guitarist, scene-maven and all-around good guy, Binky Philips has been THE stalwart of New York rock since the early 1970’s. His long-standing friendships with various members of Kiss…
Paul Weller Classic, Wake Up The Nation Will Reissue As 10th Anniversary Remaster
Paul Weller is one of the rare artists that hit big with an original band (The Jam), and again with another band (The Style Council), and then again as a…
Original ’60s-era Nirvana To Release Limited Edition 6LP Box, Songlife: 1967-1972
Before the Nirvana trio of the ’90s arrived with Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl, there were a British band from the mid-60s that used the same name. Essentially…
Rick Wakeman To Reissue Return To The Centre Of The Earth In 2 Deluxe Boxsets
Since the late ’60s, Rick Wakeman has become a solid fixture in some of he greatest albums ever created in the realm of Rock and Roll. He has given time…