Garage rock is an amorphous label, embracing virtually anything from the mid-1960s that sounds intense and energetic and isn’t overly polished. The term has been used interchangeably with punk rock and has been applied to surf music, psychedelia, and more. That’s one reason why you’ll find extremely disparate material on the three-CD Steppin’ Out: The […]
John McCutcheon and Tom Paxton photo by Michael G. Stewart Staying Relevant, Humorous, and Hopeful: John McCutcheon On Second Tom Paxton Collaboration Together Again Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon and singer/songwriter and guitarist Tom Paxton recently released their second full album of songwriting collaborations, titled Together Again, a sequel to their album Together, but unlikely […]
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John McCutcheon – Field of Stars. John’s PR states that at age 72 he should be retired. Did anyone tell Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, or Neil Young? No. This collection finds Mr. McCutcheon in a good voice. His repertoire is age-appropriate. This album features a regional singer-songwriter who should […]
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Music Reviews: The Pioneering Mills Brothers, plus Moby Grape’s Bob Mosley and Veteran Folkie John McCutcheon You’re not likely to find a Mills Brothers entry in any rock encyclopedia, and it’s a good bet that their name would ring no bells with most music fans today. Nevertheless, this pop and jazz vocal quartet ranks among […]
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Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 3, plus Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus, Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon, and Jim Wyly Like the first and second volumes of Joni Mitchell’s Archives series, which respectively focused on previously unreleased material from 1963–1967 and 1968–1971, the new third volume is a five-CD treasure trove. (There’s also a four-LP edition […]
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You may feel you can skip your daily weightlifting session on the day you lug home Muswell Hillbillies/Everybody’s in Show-biz – Everybody’s a Star, the eight-pound, 50th-anniversary edition of the Kinks’ first two albums for the RCA label. Delivering everything but group leader Ray Davies’s kitchen sink, the box set includes four CDs—one for each […]
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