CD/ALBUM REISSUE REVIEW: THE dB’s, “REPERCUSSION”
This is going to be interesting. And fun. A decade ago, I wrote a piece about my love and appreciation for this album in another publication. The dB’s Repercussion is…
This is going to be interesting. And fun. A decade ago, I wrote a piece about my love and appreciation for this album in another publication. The dB’s Repercussion is…
It’s always exciting, interesting and daunting to try and review a new Paul Weller album. Next to Paul McCartney, he’s been my hero, greatest influence and the one artist who…
Let’s start in late August, 1981, just before beginning my junior year of high school. Staten Island had a new college radio station, WSIA, and it was here that I…
Once again, more great and welcomed news! Long-awaited and hoped for, the Stax Records documentary is finally hitting the airwaves. Here’s the breakdown on HBO’s Stax: Soulsville U.S.A., direct from…
This is huge. And SO important. And LONG OVERDUE. And VERY WELCOMED. I’ll let you read the press release I received just a few minutes ago, courtesy of Wendy Brynford-Jones,…
I have to admit, Eric Goulden’s 1980 American 2-LP set, Big Smash (on the much-heralded Stiff/Epic imprint) was a tremendous influence on me and my then-burgeoning attempts at songwriting. “A…
Over the course of the last 42 years, I have loved the music of Chris Stamey – from the first time I ever heard The dB’s to his last “pop”…
Hard to believe this is Sofia Talvik’s ninth album and I’ve been listening to her for the past eight years, when I wrote about her 2015 release Big Sky Country…
It’s a little difficult to write this, let alone listen to this album. Bobby Sutliff was a friend; we bonded around 2008 or 2009 via Facebook, over our mutual love…
It’s been a little while since I’ve written, listened or reviewed anything – and now is the right time to discuss the upcoming new album from singer-songwriter Django Haskins, Lost…
Recording artist/songwriter/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist and producer, Jenn Vix, has teamed up with Boston-based guitarist/songwriter/vocalist, Feeney, to create Feeney Vix. Ms. Vix has previously collaborated with legendary band members from the late David…
You’ve read and heard previous postings about The Cynz, a band this writer has championed for several years. Reviews, premieres and interviews – you’ve been given great exposure to one…