Rock & Pop – non baby-boomer division Mazzy Star – Seasons of Your Day (iTunes)Mikal Cronin – MCIINeko Case – The Worse Things Get…The Civil Wars – The Civil WarsBrandy Clark – 12 Stories (iTunes)Dawes – Stories Don’t EndKacey Musgraves … Continue reading
ROCK & POP Old Timers – Live The Band – Live at the Academy of Music 1971 Bill Payne‘s “Tracing Footsteps” with Dennis McNally 2013-05-17 (all shows)Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Vol. 7 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival (iTunes) Bonus: … Continue reading
Context; 1972: 2007: My favorite Joe Walsh turns out to be his set with Daryl Hall. Back in the day my boss and owner Mark would play the sh*t out of The James Gang. They were his Saturday night get … Continue reading
New record: Psychedelic Pill Neil Young The way I hear Neil Young when partnered with Crazy Horse, in the 42nd year of my enthusiasm, he is the Nusrat Ali Fateh Khan of hard country rock. Tanam Farsooda Jaan Para – … Continue reading
Little Village — back in the day a hippie super group might have been wrangled out of a connoisseur’s fever dream in a total pushback against all the trends of the early 1990’s. Wait, this actually happened, except for the … Continue reading
Earl Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) | WSM’s tribute Levon Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) | The Beginnings of The Band It is my usually editorial policy to reinforce that life is for the … Continue reading
Dawes, Nothing Is Wrong. Laurel Canyon soft rock, it is said, is on the up and up. This is funny branding from the perspective of those long in the tooth. Wait, has Silver Lake fallen to the side? However, the … Continue reading
1 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Billy in the Low Ground 00:56 2 The Dillards-Man Of Constant Sorrow 1:24 3 Jesse Winchester-The Brand New Tennessee Waltz 3:09 4 Linda Ronstadt-Keep Me From Blowing Away 3:09 5 Buffalo Springfield-Kind Woman 4:11 6 The … Continue reading
Likely volume one of an never-ending series. This compilation includes rarities, covers by unlikely proponents, and an appearance by Clarence White. 1 Dillard & Clark Expedition – Don’t Be Cruel 1:49 2 Rusty Dean – Only Daddy That’ll Walk In … Continue reading
Flying Burrito Brothers Live at Fillmore East 1970, (released this year.) Chris Hillman, years after the night captured on this energetic new addition to the Flying Burrito Brothers discography: Sneaky Pete’s steel guitar shines throughout and may be his best performance … Continue reading
Robbie Robertson Kevin O’Hare interviewed Robbie Robertson about his new album. The above video is from that page. …Robbie journeys to make a record with Eric Clapton. Yay. There’s a comment on the page for this video praising the band … Continue reading
ROCK POP COUNTRY Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Before Today Jackson Browne & David Lindley Love Is Strange Jamey Johnson The Guitar Song Neil Young Le Noise Brian Wilson Gershwin Reimagined Elisabeth Cook Welder Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (self-titled) Cassandra … Continue reading
Together, the sixth recording by The New Pornographers, provides a ton of delight on a bunch of levels. Although the 2010 competition all-of-a-sudden stiffened for pop pleasure listening time on my iPod, this winning record won out. I’ll sort it … Continue reading
Who else but Neil Young could pull off a solo tour where he both recasts his chestnuts and debuts brand new songs without a band, while mixing in arrangements on solo acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, piano and pump organ. … Continue reading
Let’s see? What can I remember of my friends back in the late sixties and early seventies, and their parents trying to go all Hait and Ashbury on us? No, I can’t think of being offered anything other than a … Continue reading