Diggin’ In the Goldmine: Dutch Beat Nuggets 1964-1970
Do you like yourself a bit of “Dutch Beat”, or as insiders refer to it, “Nederbeat”? Well, if so then there is no time like the present to...
Lenny Helsing
The Embrooks
We all have no problem in giving pride of place and any amount of kudos to albums that were made by vintage names from the 1960s and 1970s,...
Marc Jonson | Interview | “I’m a junkie for pop music”
For the uninitiated, Marc Jonson is a hugely gifted US singer, instrumentalist, producer and performer originating from the town of Merrick, New York, and whose 1972 album for...
Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann - The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann, Mann Made, Mann Made Hits, Soul Of Mann (Umbrella Music LP/CD) These four “artist approved” albums constitute what is the earliest...
The Rising Storm - “Calm Before…” review / interview
US group The Rising Storm emanated from out of a small, but isolated scene outside of the main commercial rock circuit that was happening in and around the...
Television Personalities – “Beautiful Despair” (2018) review
Television Personalities - Beautiful Despair (Fire Records, 2018) https://televisionpersonalities.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-despair With Beautiful Despair the world now has what is essentially a brand new Television Personalities album bestowed upon them;...
The Travis Edward Pike Story
The Travis Edward Pike Story … by Lenny Helsing Pike’s story begins sometime during the early 1960s when the Boston, Massachusetts based youngster – who would grow up...
“Rock St. Trop” – Lenny Helsing in conversation with Wally Waller of The Pretty Things
Lenny Helsing talks to The Pretty Things’ Wally Waller about the exciting remastering project that now gives us a brand new restorative re-release of the album 'Rock St....
The Greek Theatre – “Broken Circle” (2017) review / interview
The Greek Theatre - Broken Circle (Sugarbush Records) https://thegreektheatre1.bandcamp.com/album/broken-circle After only a few plays it’s pretty clear that the Greek Theatre’s brand new LP for the Sugarbush label, Broken...
Greg “Stackhouse” Prevost – Universal Vagrant (2016) review
Greg “Stackhouse” Prevost - Universal Vagrant (Mean Disposition CD/LP, 2016) https://gregstackhouseprevost.bandcamp.com/album/universal-vagrant Just to give some context for those who may still perhaps be unfamiliar with this one-of-a-kind artist,...