New Mix of Close To The Edge Expected From Steven Wilson (And Other Things)
Very, very interesting news today from The Second Disc (run by some of my absolute favorite people, Mike Duquette, and Joe Marchese (who also writes for The Digital Bits)). It…
Review: Sky – Three Fields
The UK-based Three Fields have been consistent in releasing new music. This is a good thing because with ambient music as good as has been released by Three Fields, I’d…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 06/21/2013 Summer Solstice Edition (US Report)
Well, well…here’s some interesting news especially for Fleetwood Mac fans. None of us ever thought this would ever happen but Rhino is planning a reissue of Then Play On from…
Mary Fahl To Soon Release New Album, Love And Gravity
Once a voice on October Project for their two Epic Records issues (October Project – 1993, Falling Farther In, 1995), Mary Fahl began her solo career in 2001 with a…
Review: American Ride – Willie Nile
Back in the early ’80s, when Arista Records meant anything, Willie Nile released a magnificent debut that energized the Americana folk-rock (‘n’ roll) genre with songs of excellence. He followed…
BBC Vault Yields Historic 6CD Box Of Bolan Performance Tracks
If you’re a Metal Guru, or just a serious Marc Bolan/T. Rex fan, then the completist in you just might be screaming for this upcoming 6CD Box, At The BBC…
Review: Fantasy – Lightning Dust
Recently, I alerted the readers of TAP to Lightning Dust, an off-shoot band from Vancouver’s extra awesome band, Black Mountain. With the album arriving on June 25 via Jagjaguwar Records,…
Reissues, Reissues, and Then, The Super Deluxe Edition
With the commentary surrounding the upcoming Elton John 40th Anniversary reissue of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road leaning toward “too much” or “double-dipping”, (and other such sets including the rash of…
Poll: Which Simple Minds Is Best?
I’m sure you all get into an artist kick now and again. I know I do. And somehow it just happens that you hear a song on the radio, or…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 06/14/2013 (US Report)
World Music Network have The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Blind Willie Johnson – Reborn and Remastered , and The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson – Reborn…
Review: Wings Over America – Paul McCartney and Wings
At one point in time, between May and June of 1976, Paul McCartney’s band, Wings engaged in the 32-date American leg of their massive world-wide tour. It must have been…
Review: 13 – Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath has been great enough to weather several successful incarnations of itself over a wide period of not less than 40 years. With but a short hiatus period in…