Pete Ham, who died by suicide in 1975 at age 27, achieved considerable success during his lifetime as the lead singer and a principal composer for England’s Badfinger. The extent of the Welsh power pop musician’s talent has become even more evident in recent years, however, thanks largely to a series of albums from Miami’s […]
The Claudettes Garage Glamour Well, if this doesn’t have the thrust of elaborate music out of the ‘70s with rock dipped generously in a cauldron of the Mael Brothers of Sparks (“This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us”). The Claudettes “(You Are My) Whole World” is stitched with easy-listening populist appeal yet […]
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Music Reviews: Leonard Cohen Tribute, Roy Orbison, Joe Ely, Dean Torrence, the Claudettes, and Daphne Parker Powell Various artists, Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen. Nobody performs Leonard Cohen’s songs as well as their creator, though artists ranging from Jeff Buckley to Judy Collins to Joe Cocker have recorded memorable covers over the […]
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