CD/ALBUM REISSUE REVIEW: THE dB’s, “STANDS FOR DECIBELS”
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…
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…
DISCLAIMERS:First: I chose to use the PROPER/original artwork for Chronic Town. Second, there is no objectivity contained within this review. So the story begins: Summer, 1982. I was reading the…
I was recently introduced to this youthful trio quite by accident - thankfully. A friend of mine shared on Facebook some of this band's music and I found it intriguing,…