Elvis Presley Aloha Cover

Music & Film Reviews: Elvis Presley’s “Aloha from Hawaii,” plus a Ray Davies Tribute, Two Rockabilly Anthologies, Melanie, and More New Releases

Elvis Presley’s “Aloha from Hawaii,” plus a Ray Davies Tribute, Two Rockabilly Anthologies, Melanie, and More New Releases Elvis Presley’s return to prominence after a multi-year slump began with a December 1968 TV special and arguably culminated in January 1973 with another television event: Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite, a concert that aired live in […]

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Grooves & Cuts

Grooves & Cuts: July 2023

Grooves & Cuts July 2023 – by John Apice Boxcar Willie – No Novelty Act For those unfamiliar with the country entertainer known as Boxcar Willie (the late Lecil Travis Martin) he was certainly a polished performer, with a great personality & a wonderful voice. He projected an overwhelming sincerity in every word he sang […]

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Eric Clapton in Delbert McClinton review

Music & Film Reviews: Eric Clapton’s “The Definitive 24 Nights,” plus Hot Tuna, Marshall Crenshaw, and Delbert McClinton

Music & Film Reviews: Eric Clapton’s The Definitive 24 Nights, plus Hot Tuna, Marshall Crenshaw, and Delbert McClinton Eric Clapton’s 24 Nights, which appeared in 1991, culled 15 superlative performances from a series of concerts that year and in 1990 at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall, where he has appeared more than 200 times. The […]

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Let's Stomp: Merseybeat

Music Reviews: ‘Let’s Stomp!,’ a Merseybeat Anthology, plus Nils Lofgren, Johnny Winter, Kentucky Colonels, and Daryl Mosley

As you know if you’ve read Tune In, Mark Lewisohn’s peerless history of the Beatles’ pre-fame years, the Fab Four were hardly the only musicians blazing new trails in and around Liverpool in the U.K. in the early 1960s. Hundreds of groups were vying for fame while creating the genre that came to be called […]

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Lucinda Williams

Music Reviews: Lucinda Williams’s ‘Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart,’ plus Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Jesse DeNatale, and Aaron Smith

Lucinda Williams has recorded lots of country- and soul-flavored music over her four-decade career, but her heart has always been in rock, a fact she reaffirms on her effusive latest CD, her first collection of new material since 2020’s Good Souls Better Angels. Like that album, the just-released Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart […]

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WINO: The Documentary

WINO: The Documentary

WINO: The Documentary I’ve been catching up on some of this years releases and features, and wanted to share this one with ya’ll. WINO: The Documentary was released back on May 13th coinciding with a festival premiere at the Maryland International Film Festival. Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich is one of the most influential artists in the […]

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