AUGUST 2020 GROOVES & CUTS – John Apice One of my thrills as a young boy was to take my allowance & visit Woolworth’s (5 & 10), & B&D’s (an early dollar store). Buying 45’s was a big deal for my friend Sergio & I. Discovering obscure records, oldies, unknown artists, promos & songs. It […]
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At midnight all the agents and the super human crew go out and round up every one that knows more than they do . . . —Bob Dylan, from “Desolation Row” Dr. Fauci has an unenviable position. He knows more than Donald Trump. He knows more than most any of us about infectious disease. And […]
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Photo by Autumn Dozier Since the pandemic began in March, Emma Swift has been out of the house exactly twice. One was to the vet for her cat Ringo Stardust and the second was to the post office to mail copies to her native Australia of Blonde On The Tracks, a collection of eight Bob […]
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The Coed Records label served as home base for more than a few noteworthy pop and rock artists between 1958 and 1965. Much of their work has been rereleased on various labels over the years, but if you don’t already own such albums, you might be interested in a new CD reissue series from Omnivore […]
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Dedicated Men of Zion, Can’t Turn Me Around. When gospel music comes rolling out of the ozone and takes over, it always feels like a bigger presence has arrived to visit. There is a bouncing glory in the music, and a committed zeal in the songs. Like there is a higher calling in the house, […]
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By Jeff Burger Various Artists, Willie Nile Uncovered. Forty years after the release of his debut album, Willie Nile still isn’t widely known, and neither are some of the most impressive artists on this two-disc tribute album. That fact underscores how easily fine musicians can get lost in the shuffle, though in the case […]
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Peter Green wasn’t in the room but it felt like he owned the night. As the house lights came up and stagehands broke down the stage on Fleetwood Mac’s last tour, the sounds of the instrumental “Albatross” suddenly filled the arena, sounding like the soundtrack of a sunburst and rainbow forming after a thunderous rain […]
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By Jeff Burger Hate for Sale is only the fourth album to be credited to the Pretenders in this century, but that’s misleading: Pretender-in-chief Chrissie Hynde has also released a couple of CDs under her own name in recent years as well as a collaborative project with Welsh singer JP Jones, and it’s often difficult […]
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When Roxy Music fans first heard that cofounder and lead singer Bryan Ferry had recorded a batch of 1950s and 60s rock hits, the news must initially have seemed as surprising as Bob Dylan’s decision decades later to tackle Christmas standards and the Great American Songbook. The year was 1973, and Roxy Music had so […]
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By James McMurtry Let’s say you’ve got a brand new custom 1911 .45 ACP pistol with all the bells and whistles, except a muzzle brake. You don’t think you need a muzzle brake because you are a real man, you can handle recoil. But you and your new pistol just can’t seem to knock down […]
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