IT’S ABOUT THE MUSIC – EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY A CONVERSATION WITH KENNETH WOMACK – AUTHOR OF JOHN LENNON, 1980: THE LAST DAYS IN THE LIFE October 9, 2020 would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. To celebrate this [...]
Joey Molland Be True To Yourself Omnivore Recordings Joey Molland is the sole surviving member of Badfinger, and he tends to tour as Joey Molland’s Badfinger. Fair enough, given his incredible solo albums never took off and achieved the success [...]
…AND THE COUNTRY STIRRED A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX SOUTHEY “I am always a little wary of making something super catchy. When I came up with this song, I thought, I don’t know if I want to include this. I didn’t think it suited the weirdness [...]
John Lennon Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes Apple/Universal Music Today, October 9, 2020, John Lennon would have turned 80, and perhaps the best way to celebrate his birthday is to release a retrospective of his music. Gimme Some Truth. The [...]
Eric C. Powell and Andrea Powell Fly Away Independent Fly Away is Eric C. Powell and Andrea Powell’s fifth album and their second for 2020 (Mute was released earlier this year). The sheer quantity of music would be cause for concern, in that, [...]
SATURDAY NIGHT ROCK AND ROLL PARTY A CONVERSATION WITH ICONIC RADIO PERSONALITY COUSIN BRUCIE (BRUCE MORROW) Cousin Brucie is a living legend who continues to shake things up and pave his own way in the world of radio. Bruce Morrow, known as [...]
ALL HAIL TO THE DUSTMAN A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN EVENS “He’s me. I am him. An exaggeration perhaps or mostly the part of me that is the show off. I picked the name because I thought it was clever. Even Stephens, Stephen EvEns, the other name [...]
Sufjan Stevens The Ascension Asthmatic Kitty It is hard to believe, but it has been five years since Sufjan Stevens released a ‘conventional’ studio album. That doesn’t mean he has not been busy, because he has. The Ascension is a return to [...]
A GENESIS IN MY BED A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT From 1970 until 1977, Steve Hackett provided some of the most melodic and inventive guitar work in rock as a member of Genesis. You can hear his artistry on such classic albums as Foxtrot, [...]
Vision Eternel For Farewell Of Nostalgia Somewhere Cold Records For Farewell Of Nostalgia is the latest release by Montréal’s Vision Eternel. A concept EP about, as he says, the emotional ”devastation of falling in love too quickly” and the [...]
Blue Öyster Cult The Symbol Remains Frontiers Music Blue Öyster Cult is back–and in a big way! The Symbol Remains is their first studio album since 2001’s Curse Of The Hidden Mirror. Since then, the band have toured consistently, and have [...]
Soundwalk Collective With Patti Smith Peradam Bella Union Peradam is the fourth release from Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith. In 2019, this collaboration explored the works of poets Antonin Artaud on The Peyote Dance, and Arthur Rimbaud [...]
Mark Egan & Danny Gottlieb Electric Blue Wavetone Records Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb have been performing together for 49 years, whether it is with the Pat Metheny Group, or in their own band Elements, these two have worked together for a [...]
Mary Hopkin Another Road Mary Hopkin Music Mary Hopkin was one of the first artists signed by The Beatles to their Apple label, and in 1968 had a monster hit with “Those Were The Days”. She had many more hits, but there is more, so much more to [...]
GospelbeacH Once Upon A Time In London Curation Records Live albums are a tricky thing, you want to have the record sound good, while capturing the energy of the band and the crowd. GospelbeacH has successfully struck that balance with Once Upon [...]
Stephen EvEns Employee Of The Month Onomatopoeia/Onophonic Sound London, U.K.’s Stephen EvEns has been performing for a number of years, and Employee Of The Month is his sophomore album. Also known as Stephen Gilchrist, he is a drummer of some [...]
The Waterboys Good Luck, Seeker Cooking Vinyl The Waterboys’ Good Luck, Seeker comes one full year since their last album, Where The Action Is. Once again Mike Scott and company’s music defies categorization. Actually, that sums up the entire [...]
Ian Daniel Kehoe 3D Of IDK Tin Angel Records Ian Daniel Kehoe is a remarkably talented musician, best known for drumming with The Weather Station and Julia Jacklin, as well as his work with Daniel Romano and Attack In Black. With 3D Of IDK, [...]
Paul McCartney Flaming Pie: Paul McCartney Archive Collection MPL/Universal Music Flaming Pie was originally released in 1997, and was McCartney’s 10th solo album. It was also his first album following The Beatles Anthology, and he was quite [...]
Jon Anderson 1000 Hands Blue Elan Records Jon Anderson has one one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in rock history. His voice can be heard on some of the best music made in the last 50 plus years, whether it is with Yes, or Jon And [...]
John Foxx And The Maths Howl Metamatic John Foxx returns with The Maths, a band he has created with Benge (Blancmange, Fader, John Grant, to name just a few of the artists with whom Benge has worked). Since their debut album in 2011(Interplay) [...]
Kansas The Absence Of Presence Inside Out Music The Absence of Presence is the first studio from Kansas since 2016’s very successful The Prelude Implicit, and this album, in some regards, picks up where that album left off. Kansas has always [...]
Ora Cogan Bells In The Ruins Prism Tongue Records Bells In The Ruins is Ora Cogan’s seventh album, and her first since 2017’s critically acclaimed Crickets. During those three years, it is obvious that she has been writing and developing her [...]
Moscow Apartment Better Daughter Hidden Pony Better Daughter is the sophomore release from the Toronto-based duo, Moscow Apartment. This is a much more serious effort, tackling subjects that are not always found on the radio. The EP is the sound [...]
