Male Greats
Like the great female artists of the long and great Rock era, that same period also had its share of male artists. And what a cast they were. Elvis Presley,…
Review: Thick As A Brick 2 (TAAB2) – Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
Opening with the same fade-up technique that first greeted listeners forty years ago, Thick As A Brick 2 quickly establishes itself as something new. After the oddly familiar opening, it…
Opinion Poll: Klaus Nomi
I have a kind of Dick Clarkian good idea here. I want to explore it and get opinions about music that might be obscure, from different eras, or, even from…
In Memorium: Our Hearts
Over the last week, we have lost a few luminaries of Rock. And although I have become loathe to visit these things unless I seem forced to it, I feel…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 05/21/2011 – UK Report
Mercury Records (UK) plan to release the new Amy MacDonald album, Life Is A Beautiful Light, on June 11. If you remember her excellent “Mr Rock and Roll” from her…
Female Greats
As the beginnings of Rock turned corners leading itself through its own aging process, it left behind many legends. One side of its list of legends is the female performer.…
Review: New York Connection – Sweet
The newest album from The Sweet, a band that still survives under the watchful care of original member Andy Scott, still has that instantly recognizable Sweet sound fashioned decades earlier…
Review: Live At Avenue B – Iggy Pop – DVD
Rock ‘n’ Roll is pretty damn primal at its core. The closer to the heart of it you get, the hotter the core boils. I really don’t think that it…
TAPSheet: Release Notes – 05/15/2012 – US Report
Time/Life Recordings plan a series set called Sun Recordings: Greatest Hits. On July 10, the label will issue one featuring Johnny Cash, and one featuring Jerry Lee Lewis. Both albums…
The Golden Age Of Rock and Roll
Music. Such a long, long path it has traveled. It’s grown (or side-tracked, depending on your individual point of view). But one thing is solid, it has remained in our…
A Quick One
This is just a brief note to all readers saying thanks for hanging around. In addition to my second run-in with a hacker who installed some kind of redirect, breaking…
Joe Walsh – “Lucky That Way” Live Video Link
Many of you remember the fun times with one Mr Joe Walsh. Joe Walsh has had quite a career in his lifetime. First, there was his stint with James Gang,…