TOTO, Christopher Cross & The Romantics at SPAC on July 16, 2026 Despite the notable atmospheric haze from Canadian wildfire smoke, the triple bill of TOTO, Christopher Cross, and The Romantics at the Albany Med Health System stage at SPAC made for a wonderful evening of music. The night not only nostalgically transported listeners back […]
Christopher Cross – All Right – The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988 – 2 CD Set While there’s no stitched insert with detailed liner notes or photographs & no individual musician credits. The 6-panel container is artistically colorful & the CDs provide 20 A-sides to Disc One & 11 B-sides to Disc Two. The compilation was produced […]
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Grooves & Cuts – July 2025 – Part 2 There has been an overwhelming number of releases these past few months. Some were received late, some slipped between the cracks, but they are worth featuring—apologies for the lateness.This is an essay written for the Michael J. Media Newsletter that many artists, agents & managers should […]
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Music Reviews: The Wandering Hearts, Willie Nile, Christopher Cross, Iron Horse, and the Black Watch The Wandering Hearts, Déjà vu (We Have All Been Here Before). Original material dominates Wild Silence, The Wandering Hearts, and Mother, the three previous albums from this British folk-rock trio. For its latest outing, however, the group eschews self-penned tracks, […]
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Grooves & Cuts – December 2024 – #5 Part Two: Here are the real names of several older major artists. Some wisely changed their names for the sake of their entertainment value & others could’ve kept their birth names. Lady Gaga is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta; Madonna is Madonna Louise Ciccone; Tony Bennett was Anthony […]
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Music & Film Reviews: Rolling Stones’ Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush, plus Sun Ra, Christopher Cross, and B.B. King A gargantuan crowd—like the estimated one-and-a-half-million fans who gathered for a 2006 outdoor gig in Rio de Janeiro—adds energy and excitement to a Rolling Stones show. But relatively tiny audiences also have their pluses. They inject a […]
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