The Rolling Stones’ last album of new material, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, was their first such CD in 18 years. Now, a little less than three years later, they’re back with Foreign Tongues. They must have realized that at this point, waiting another 18 years to record again wouldn’t work out so well. Time is not […]
Music Reviews: Joe Grushecky and a Rolling Stones tribute, plus Lynne Hanson, Laurie Lewis, and Nat King Cole Joe Grushecky: Something Old, Something New Joe Grushecky, a household name in his Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania hometown, has never achieved the sort of fame enjoyed by such similarly styled artists as Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, and John Mellencamp. […]
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Music Reviews: the Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds, plus James Talley, Clay Parker and Jodi James, and the Babys The last time the Rolling Stones released an album of new original material, 2005’s A Bigger Bang, George W. Bush’s father was president, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were 61, guitarist and bass player Ron Wood was […]
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Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, plus Violent Femmes and Catbells Willie Nelson had quite a year in 2023. He earned two Grammys to add to the 10 he’d already won; published a book called Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs; released two studio albums, Bluegrass and I Don’t Know a Thing about […]
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