Randy Bachman By George By Bachman Universal Music This is an odd one, or maybe just unexpected. Bachman has been issuing solo albums for many years, and By George By Bachman is Randy Bachman’s first studio release since 2015’s Heavy Blues. By [...]
Myles Goodwyn Myles Goodwyn And Friends Of The Blues Universal Music You have to give Myles Goodwyn a great deal of credit. He is known for his work with April Wine, and April Wine have never been known as a blues band. A talented band, led by [...]
UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey A Real Labour Of Love Universal Music UB40 formed in 1978, with their name coming from the British Unemployment benefit form, number 40. Unemployment Benefit gave them the UB and the 40 was the form number, [...]
ARISE A CONVERSATION WITH SIMEON ROSS Simeon (pronounced Sim-e-on, “my parents gave me a very unique name,” he laughs) Ross may not be a household name, yet. But this artist has earned his stripes and then some. He has actually written and been [...]
THE NICEST, HARDEST-WORKING NARCISSISTS YOU’LL EVER MEET A CONVERSATION WITH THE DREAMBOATS If this was 1964, there would be an album in your local record store or Woolworths (depending on the size of your city) and it would be named Meet [...]
ODE TO OPTIMISM A CONVERSATION WITH GIANNI PACI Gianni Paci is a young artist, and as a solo artist he has released three EPs. His most recent solo EP was released in 2017 (I Tried To Right My Wrongs, But I Made A Left). Although young in age, [...]
THE MEAT OF HIP-HOP A CONVERSATION WITH ELOVET It is still early days for 2018, and a lot of year is left. However, even though the year is young, there have been some fine releases making 2018 a banner year for music already. Elovet is an [...]
Everything Is Recorded Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell XL Recordings Richard Russell founded XL Recordings in 1989, and since that time XL has produced some of the most original and coolest dance records released in the last 25 years. [...]
Belle And Sebastian How To Solve Our Human Problems – Part 3 Matador Records “Poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination,” sings violinist Sarah Martin in the opening song “Poor Boy.” And she is right. The conversation begins. The [...]
Len Mizzoni Waves Of Indigo Independent Len Mizzoni is no stranger to the music business. A one-time member of Frozen Ghost, Mizzoni has been solo for the last few years. This resulted in 2016’s EP, Special Love. His latest release, Waves of [...]
Neal Morse Life & Times Radiant Records Neal Morse is one busy guy. It is time for his 19th solo studio album, and a further two studio albums as The Neal Morse Band. He released two albums in 2016, one solo and one with The Neal Morse Band. [...]
CHARITY AND CHARM A CONVERSATION WITH THE CORRIDORS The Corridors is the brainchild of Adi Mosko. He formed the band in the early 2000s in his native Israel, and since forming the band he has been extremely busy writing, recording and playing. [...]
SUSAN SHUMSKY – MAHARISHI & ME: SEEKING ENLIGHTENMENT WITH THE BEATLES’ GURU SKYHORSE PUBLISHING With the success of the recent reissue of The Beatles (The White Album), this book will be of interest to Beatle fans who are interested [...]
GOOD LOVELIES PRESENT SHAPESHIFTERS A CONVERSATION WITH CAROLINE BROOKS OF GOOD LOVELIES ‘The title, Shapeshifters, comes from the song “I See Gold.” When we were looking for a title, and it took a little longer than expected, this one seemed to [...]
HARD WORK AND HAUNTING MEMORIES AN INTERVIEW WITH JOE BONSALL OF THE OAK RIDGE BOYS It may be hard to believe, but The Oak Ridge Boys, as a band, has been around since the 1940s. Of course, there were different members then and they even had a [...]
Toto Greatest Hits: 40 Trips Around The Sun Legacy Recordings Toto was the Steely Dan of pop music. Top-notch session musicians who went the route of pop music when they formed a band. Very L.A. and very commercial and always very good. To [...]
Son Lux Brighter Wounds City Slang Brighter Wounds is the breakthrough album for Son Lux. Son Lux has been teetering towards the next level for a couple of years. Soundtracks, concerts, guest appearances, and now the long-awaited album Brighter [...]
Good Lovelies Shapeshifters Independent Kerri Ough, Caroline Brooks and Sue Passmore are the Good Lovelies. The group has been around since 2006 and issued their first EP in 2007 (Oh My!). Their first album was released in 2009 (Good Lovelies), [...]
Dashboard Confessional Crooked Shadows Dine Alone Records I have to be honest, I was a little surprised when I listened to the first Dashboard Confessional album in nine years (their last studio album was 2009’s Alter the Ending). I was [...]
LOOK AROUND AND BACK A CONVERSATION WITH THE PREFAB MESSIAHS VOCALIST XEROX FEINBERG This is one of those rock ’n’ roll stories that you just could not make up. The Prefab Messiahs is a band with a unique history, beginning in Worcester, [...]
SINCERITY AND SIMPLICITY A CONVERSATION WITH NEAL MORSE Neal Morse, as an artist, is a different person to different people. To the prog rock fans, he is a member of Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. Both bands released successful and influential [...]
BEGINNINGS AND CYCLES A CONVERSATION WITH THE ROYCE TWINS The Royce Twins is the name of the band, and they are, in fact, twins. Named Michael and Gabriel Saalfield but known as The Royce Twins (their mother’s middle name), they have been making [...]
IAMX Alive In New Light Caroline/Universal Music IAMX is really Chris Corner, formerly of Sneaker Pimps. He has been recording and performing under the name IAMX since 2004 and Alive In New Light is IAMX’s eighth studio album. This is also being [...]
A CONNECTING DEBUT A CONVERSATION WITH OMHOUSE For many years, Omhouse was Steven Foster. Foster is well-known as a brilliant session musician who would also tour with bands. He has worked with Moon King, Snowblink, and Doldrums. He proved [...]
