Music Reviews: Doc Pomus Demos, plus Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks, the Third Mind, and the Brothers Comatose Back in the so-called Brill Building era, before acts like Bob Dylan and the Beatles rewrote the rules and started penning their own material, a large percentage of the hits on Billboard’s charts were composed not by […]
Elliott Murphy Infinity, plus the Move, R&B Hits from 1955, Iron City Houserockers, and Chatham Rabbits Rock singer/songwriter Elliott Murphy says Infinity is his 52nd album, which suggests that he’s not only prolific but also many years into his career. As such, it’s not surprising that ruminations on aging, mortality, and years gone by permeate […]
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Bentley’s Bandstand: February 2025 By Bill Bentley Shane Alexander, FOREVER SONGS. There are singer-songwriters throughout America who sound like they are on the edge of greatness, and keep getting closer to breakthroughs. Alexander is surely one of those, and has been that now for several albums. On Alexander’s eighth release, it’s crystal clear this is […]
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Bentley’s Bandstand: November 2024 By Bill Bentley Jeremie Albino, OUR TIME IN THE SUN. Sometimes there is a musician who walks into the front of the crowds and makes their presence well-known on the first verse of the opening song on a new album. It’s instantaneous, and can’t be plotted. It’s because the artist has […]
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