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Music & Film Reviews: Southside Johnny ‘Live at Rockpalast,’ plus Lucinda Williams, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Emily Remler

December 8, 2024December 10, 2024Jeff Burger0

Music & Film Reviews: Southside Johnny ‘Live at Rockpalast,’ plus Lucinda Williams, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Emily Remler Southside Johnny came up through the same Asbury Park, New Jersey–area bars and clubs as Bruce Springsteen, with whom he has often shared stages. He also attended school with the E Street Band’s Garry Tallent and Vini Lopez; […]

In “Unrequited Infatuations” Stevie Van Zandt Doesn’t Pull Punches

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022Steve Semeraro0

Stevie Van Zandt’s Unrequited Infatuations is the best biography of a rock & roller that I’ve ever read. He avoids the pitfalls of tedium and banality that typically plague similar books. That is, they spend inordinate pages on aspects of their life conveying nothing about the magic of their success as a musician. And when […]