Why Did I Not Pay More Attention: Greenslade
When I was younger (I’m 55), I listened to a lot of music. As much as I could get my hands on. As much as radio would gift me with.…
Thanks To TAP Readers
MusicTAP enjoyed a lively conversation with readers including a new The Doctor Is In article (Adam Jahnke) after the post of Musically Soothing The Aging Soul. Musically Soothing The Aging…
Review: English Electric Part One – Big Big Train
Big Big Train is every Prog fans’ dream: Genesis and Marillion influences wrapped up in modern packaging with wonderful lyrics and a full battery of instruments. I could stop the…
Adam Jahnke’s The Doctor Is In: What Music Means To You
Matt Rowe, my friend, advisor and sole proprietor and occasional host to my ramblings here on MusicTAP, has spoken often and eloquently about the dearth of quality new music here…
Musically Soothing The Aging Soul
Forgive me if I have approached this topic before (and I know that I have in a round about way), but I’m curious as to how much current stuff even…
The Gift From The Jam Gets 4-Disc 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Treatment
On November 19, the UK will release a 30th Anniversary four-disc Super Deluxe Edition of The Jam’s classic The Gift (1982). (Thirty bloody years??!!) The Jam’s last album, which featured…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 09/17/2012
Eagle Rock Entertainment have four BD and DVD titles expected on November 13 that should have music fans quite interested in at least one. The four titles include: Patti Smith…
Poll: Al Stewart – Exempting Year Of The Cat, Which Album Is Best?
There is no disputing the richness of Year of the Cat, that wonderful breakthrough album from Al Stewart. Put a needle down anywhere (figure of speech) and wherever that needle…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 09/12/2012 (US Report)
And here it comes folks, the latest Rod Stewart…uhhh, album. Yes, one that we have all waited patiently for throughout these many, many years. And why would you want to…
Review: Lawless OMPS – Nick Cave/Warren Ellis
Lawless, the new movie from director John Hillcoat and Bad Seeds frontman/screenwriter/co-composer/all-around Renaissance man Nick Cave, concerns a family of bootlegging brothers in the backwoods of Virginia during the Prohibition.…
Review: Delayed Reaction – Bolus
Every once in awhile you take a chance on a totally unknown band (to me at least) and you get lucky. This recording by a young band from Ontario just…
Great Tracks: The Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
I’m a dissector of music. I always have been. I drive people nuts with this process but it is just the way I’ve always been. “The Sound of Silence” is…