You know, it’s becoming increasingly obvious, with every passing Summer and with every passing trend, that The Byrds were just about the greatest rock ’n’ roll band America ever produced. Now sure, I bet lots […]
Lenny Kaye is a household name to most of us through his dedicated commitment to music; either on the stage as guitarist with Patti Smith or occupied behind the desk writing articles in many music […]
I must confess that prior to the red-hot July of 1964, I’d never ever heard anything quite like Tommy Morgan’s harmonica solo on The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) …Dylan vinyl having not yet infiltrated […]
Jeremy Scott is best known from his work with Harlan T. Bobo and the Memphis-based bands The Toy Trucks and, maybe foremost, Reigning Sound – currently in the spotlight with the album A Little More […]
Overall, Record Store Day feels like a big conspiracy based on the idea of pressing semi-interesting exclusive reissues that change hands downstream of RSD in a process driven by a malign teamwork between 1. profit […]
Here are short comments regarding my twenty personal favorites among albums released in 2021. Hopefully, the spread between genres will allow everyone to find something new to dig into, no matter what kind of music […]
Ever since pop music took its form in the mid-1950s, it has evolved in different directions, while retaining its choruses and verses and easily recognizable distinct melodies that rarely last more than three minutes. And […]
Dear reader. Surely, you have at some point become frustrated when you realize that the records of your favourite artists could have been even better, after discovering that they recorded several worthy songs that for […]
Welcome back to Garage Rock School and its fourth lesson. As you know, the three previous lessons dealt with some classic compilations of mainly the 1960s’ music that is often labelled garage punk/rock: Lenny Kaye’s […]
You have to feel a lot of sympathy for Ray Davies, who unlike Lennon–McCartney, Jagger–Richards and several other songwriting teams, had to strive hard by himself to reach high on the charts. Despite these unfavourable […]
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