The Zombies interview with Colin Blunstone
Colin Blunstone is, of course, the lead vocalist of The Zombies: the British Invasion band who exploded onto the scene in the mid-1960s with their timeless early singles...
Brian Greene
The Dream Syndicate – ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ (2015)
The Dream Syndicate emerged out of California’s early 1980s Paisley Underground scene, but stylistically they were set apart from the other acts involved in the movement. While their...
Jackie DeShannon – All the Love “The Lost Atlantic Recordings” (Real Gone Music, 2015) review
Jackie DeShannon - All the Love "The Lost Atlantic Recordings" (Real Gone Music, 2015) This release is remarkably similar to Real Gone’s recently issued Dusty Springfield collection, Faithful....
Dusty Springfield – Faithful (2015) review
Dusty Springfield "Faithful" (Real Gone Music, 2015) The tracks on this collection have seen light on Rhino releases, but this is the first time 12 of them are...
Cranium Pie – Mechanisms Part 2 (2015) review
Cranium Pie "Mechanisms Part 2" (Fruits de Mer, 2015) I have to open this review by confessing that while I...
Alejandro Jodorowsky – The Holy Mountain soundtrack (2015) review
Alejandro Jodorowsky "The Holy Mountain soundtrack" (Real Gone Music, 2015) In seeking direction for the musical score to his 1973 epic surreal film The Holy Mountain, Alejandro Jodrorowsy...
The Five Stairsteps – Our Family Portrait/Stairsteps (2014) review
The Five Stairsteps "Our Family Portrait/Stairsteps" (Real Gone Music/Soul Music Records, 2014) The Five Stairsteps were a family soul band from Chicago who had a big hit...
Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Faces . . . by Glyn Johns (2014)
Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Faces . . . by Glyn Johns (Blue Rider Press,...
Native North America Volume 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-85 (2014) review
Native North America Volume 1: "Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-85" (Light in the Attic, 2014) This is a revelation. A collection of two decades of music made...
Buffalo Killers – Fireball of Sulk (2014) review
Buffalo Killers "Fireball of Sulk" (Sun Pedal Recordings, 2014) Cincinnati, Ohio’s Buffalo Killers have been one of my favorite current bands since I turned on to their...