Neil Young’s Archives II is hardly the treasure trove its predecessor was, but then, leave it to the Canadian rock icon to come up with an unconventional and thought-provoking premise
It’s not unusual for a musician to have some other job. After all, everyone has bills to pay. Still, while it’s not unusual for a musician to have another job,
Let’s just call the summer of 2021, the “Summer of Nina.” We witnessed Simone’s powerful performance in the Questlove directed Summer of Soul, her recorded performances at Montreux were the
Harpist Brandee Younger is well known in contemporary jazz circles as both a concert soloist and valued session musician. With four or five smaller label albums as a leader, Younger
When people imagine a casino, they may have very different ideas from each other. Casino dress codes have become increasingly relaxed over the years, but not every casino is the
“Real blood and guts rock and roll that bleeds with soul and redemption,” describes NYC rock and punk mainstay and trust voice Jesse Malin about fellow rocker Lorne Behrman. The
What would it sound like if your journal could sing? What would transpire if each heartbreak took lyrical form, and every intimate confession was transformed into soaring notes, in a
In the ‘60s they dubbed folk artist Dave Van Ronk as the poet laureate of Greenwich Village. Today Greenwich Village resident, the veteran rocker Willie Nile, would be considered by
Patti Smith visited Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, MN on 8/8/21 with a 13 song performance that covered all facets of the rock poet’s esteemed career. Photos by Billy Briggs.
The Cruzados were one of LA’s most promising hard rock bands in the 1980s, poised to be big. They had two albums worth of great songs on Arista Records, a
