Rock-a-Ballads

Music Reviews: Early Rock Ballads, plus NRBQ, the New York Second, and Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz

What music comes to mind when you think of rock and roll’s earliest years? For many people, the answer is probably the sort of material that signaled a major break from the overly polished, sanitized pop that previously dominated the charts—manic, upbeat rockers like Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Elvis Presley’s “Hound […]

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The New York Second

Music Reviews: The New York Second’s “Room for Other People,” plus a Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisberg Collaboration

Music Reviews: The New York Second’s Room for Other People, plus a Dan Fogelberg/Tim Weisberg Collaboration Perhaps you’ve visited the Vivian Maier website, watched the engrossing film Finding Vivian Maier, or perused one of the many books that showcase her photography or tell her life story. If so, you know she was an ultra-talented artist […]

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