Concertgoing – part X, XI | Listenings by Jason Weiss
The latest concert, two nights ago. What, even, to call the music? If that matters. It wasn't jazz, or punk, or traditional music. And yet, more than threads...
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Arthur Brown on the Origin of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, a Drum Machine Possessed, Working with The Pretty Things, and a New Single! by Jason LeValley
Arthur Brown, the self-described God of Hellfire, had a #1 hit in the UK (US #2) in 1968 with his song 'Fire' and is actively involved in numerous...
Martin Barre on Jethro Tull, the 1989 Grammy Award, and Life in the COVID-19 Era by Jason LeValley
Martin Barre, the guitarist who played in legendary prog-rock band Jethro Tull from 1968 to 2011, would rather be on tour with his band than doing interviews from...
Rock’s Mad Geniuses by Jason LeValley
With the recent passing of Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green at the age of 73, rock lost one its last remaining mad geniuses from the heady days of...
Ash Reiter on Motherhood, Racial Protests, COVID-19, and New Music from Sugar Candy Mountain by Jason LeValley
Ash Reiter, guitarist/vocalist/co-producer for the California-based neo-psych outfit Sugar Candy Mountain, probably hadn’t planned to give birth to her first child during a pandemic. However, about three weeks...
Defining Acid Rock
My first exposure to the term “acid rock” came just before I attended my first rock concert in 1980. The opening act that night was a newly formed...
An Interview with David Aguilar, lead singer of The Chocolate Watchband
The Chocolate Watchband, often counted among the absolute best psychedelic-garage bands of the 60’s, might have been buried by time if not for the inclusion of their version...
Twink – ‘Think Pink IV: Return to Deep Space’ (2019)
It’s a beautiful thing when an important, yet obscure artist from decades past turns up and releases something fantastic, new, and relevant. John Charles Edward Alder, better-known by...