New Old Bands To Enjoy
As I’ve steadily moved into an older age, I often looked back to glance at what I’ve musically listened to, been a part of, collected, and attended. I’m extremely proud…
As I’ve steadily moved into an older age, I often looked back to glance at what I’ve musically listened to, been a part of, collected, and attended. I’m extremely proud…
Jackson Browne has long been a favorite among the crowd. In fact, many wonderful musicians can be traced through his tree. Once a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,…
Asia broke in to loud thunder with the release of their supergroup-fueled self-titled debut that generated “Heat Of The Moment” (offered to Wishbone Ash when Wetton was a member of…
Canada’s Bachman-Turner Overdrive, three parts Bachman (Randy, Robbie, Time), and one part Turner (C.F.), launched their career with the rockin’ debut that contained eight electric songs that included “Stayed Awake…
No matter how you felt about The Clash, the fact remained that they gave Rock and Roll a needed change of pace. Sadly, with the death of Joe Strummer, a…
One of my favorite bands of the closing years of the ’70s were UK’s The Stranglers. In England, they were well received, but not so much in the US. (I…
One of Cincinnati’s excellent contributions to Rock and Roll were the grunge-styled band known as The Afghan Wigs. Originally signed to pioneering label, Sub-Pop before moving on to Elektra, and…
Let me this have this one short paragraph before I get into the upcoming new releases, in part to apologize for the extended absence. Much has been on my plate…
Wye Oak has a new album coming (thanks, Jeff!) The set is being called Shriek, and is slated for April 29 on Merge Records. I’ll do this write-up with more…
After all of the hoopla and deserved wild attention given to Electric Warrior, and Slider, it appears that Universal will be giving several early T.Rex titles the Deluxe Edition treatment…finally!…
Curb Records have scheduled a new Hank Williams III album, Ramblin’ Man, for April 1, release the title in CD, DD, and vinyl LP. The scheduled vinyl LP will contain…
What more can really be said? The great one has passed. On Monday, Pete Seeger died of natural causes at the grand age of 94. We, as a nation, as…