All posts by Aaron Badgley
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA LEE MORGAN Jessica Lee Morgan is much more than a singer/songwriter. She is an artist, musician, writer, instructor, singer, producer and runs a studio and label. Of course, she does a lot [...]
JESSICA LEE MORGAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? SPACE RECORDS Jessica Lee Morgan never does the expected. Over her career, which includes five studio albums and one album with her mother, Mary Hopkin, Morgan continues to explore and grow as an [...]
THE FREE SPIRITS CIRCLE OF SOUND INDEPENDENT The Free Spirits is a duo consisting of Chris Birkett (guitars, bass, guitar, organ, keys, horn arrangements, vocals) and Shari Tallon (pianist, flutist, tin whistle, vocals, keys, organ,). Two very [...]
RUMINANT PLEASURES, WRITE THEM DOWN A CONVERSATION WITH IAN ANDERSON OF JETHRO TULL Since they made their debut in 1968 (on record anyway), Jethro Tull has produced some of the most creative, influential, successful and brilliant albums in the [...]
DEBORAH FIALKIEWICZ GENETIC RADIO I.D. INDEPENDENT Deborah Fialkiewicz is a prolific and very talented artist, either solo or as a member of Bloom, Spore, Feasibility Study, and albums with Wilfried Hanrath and {An}Eel. She has developed her own [...]
STEVEN WILSON THE OVERVIEW FICTION RECORDS Steven Wilson has been making albums since the early 1980s, first with the duo/groups Altamont and Amberian Dawn. He eventually formed the hugely successful Porcupine Tree and in 2008 he released his [...]
NEAL FRANCIS RETURN TO ZERO ATO RECORDS Neal Francis made his debut in 2019, and his combination of funk, rock, and Americana made for an interesting and slightly retro sound. He has returned with his third album, Return To Zero (his first since [...]
SUZANNE VEGA @ LULA LOUNGE, TORONTO MARCH 12, 2025 Suzanne Vega does not get to Toronto often, or at least often enough, but thankfully she was able to come to the city for two sold out shows at Lula Lounge for a tour she calls, Old Songs, New [...]
DEBORAH HOLLAND I MADE IT THIS FAR RAGEON RECORDS Deborah Holland has had an interesting career, thus far. She made her professional debut with the band Animal Logic, which included jazz great Stanly Clarke, and former member of The Police, [...]
JETHRO TULL CURIOUS RUMINANT SONY MUSIC Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson have not worked at this pace since the 1970s, and this is Jethro Tull’s third studio album since 2022. It seems that Anderson and company have a great deal of energy and are [...]
FIGHTING A NOBLE QUEST: THE POSSIBLE DREAM A CONVERSATION WITH BLAIR PACKHAM (THE JITTERS) Blair Packham has been making music for a long time. Since being one of the founding members of The Jitters in 1982, Packham has been writing, producing [...]
BLAIR PACKHAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM INDEPENDENT The Impossible Dream is Blair Packham’s fourth solo album (he is a former member of the band The Jitters) and his first since 2017’s Unpopular Pop. Packham has been working on The Impossible Dream [...]
STEPHEN HAMM: THERAMIN MAN LIVE FROM PLANET EARTH LIGHT ORGAN RECORDS Hailing from Vancouver, Stephen Hamm (aka Theremin Man) is an interesting artist. His band from the mid-1980s, Slow, helped define post punk music, not just in Canada, but [...]
LEGACY OF LOVERS CALM COOL CONNECTIONS INDEPENDENT Legacy Of Lovers is really Ryne D. Trevlon, and although there have been singles by him under the name of Ryne D. Trevlon), Calm Cool Connections is Legacy Of Lovers’ debut EP. Although EP is [...]
ROBERT PALMER LIVE AT THE APOLLO | DRIVE | RHYTHM & BLUES (VINYL REISSUES) BFD/ORCHARD RECORDS Robert Palmer had a fascinating career. When he made his solo debut with the now classic Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley, critics and radio [...]
LACUNA COIL SLEEPLESS EMPIRE CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Lacuna Coil released their debut album in 1999 (In A Reverie) even though the Milan-based band had formed in 1994. Sleepless Empire is their tenth album, and their first studio release since [...]
10TOEFLEX EN HABITANT AVEC DES FANTÔMES INDEPENDENT 10toeflex is an artist of mystery. There is very little written about them and their presence on social media is difficult to find. Their debut EP, en habitant avec des fantômes, is equally [...]
HUNGRY FOR MORE A CONVERSATION WITH THE NAMES The late 1970s was an exciting time for music. Bands were emerging from the initial explosion of punk and a new style of music was formed, ‘post-punk’. This simply meant that bands were encouraged by [...]
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ AND JERRY HAMMACK – RIBBONS OF RUST: THE BEATLES’ RECORDING HISTORY IN CONTEXT: VOLUME 1 – JULY 1954 THROUGH JANUARY 1963 BEMIS PUBLISHING GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Robert Rodriguez and Jerry Hammack [...]
I WAS BORN A FIGHTER A CONVERSATION WITH BONNIE TYLER Bonnie Tyler’s debut album, The World Starts Tonight, was released in the U.K in 1977 and with the help of a couple of hit singles from the album, she made some waves. But it was her next [...]
GINO VANNELLI THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED) BED/THE ORCHARD The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) is Gino Vannelli’s 22nd album, and his first since the highly acclaimed Wilderness Road (2019). During the time between albums, Vannelli has [...]
THE NAMES ENCORE! SPLEEN+ RECORDS In 1981, The Names released their first single on the famed Factory Records. It wasn’t their debut, but the Brussels band did release a single, “Night Shift”, which was produced by Martin Hannett, who had [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL WAVES TCBE RECORDS Benjamin Russell is certainly busy. Hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic album, Pleasure Center, he brings us Waves. Russell is an artist, a visual artist, and a musical artist. In fact, quite often they [...]
GARY KEMP THIS DESTINATION EAST WEST RECORDS Gary Kemp has had a fascinating career and quite frankly continues to surprise even his most ardent fans. He was a principal writer for Spandau Ballet, an actor, and is a member of Nick Mason’s [...]
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