Often, I receive several of my usual emails that pertain to charting albums (and singles) in both the US and the UK. While there are some similarities in choices by both sides of the Atlantic, there are more differences. Growing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
During my travel from California to Illinois, then my long-term cold recuperation (which still isn’t complete), I thought about today’s music distribution and whether full-length albums were even needed anymore (for the most part anyway). The thrust of music has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always had something stuck in my craw concerning Faces, the UK band that sprung from Small Faces (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones), establishing and shortening the name. That ‘new’ band subtracted Steve Marriott (who went on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Lou Reed doesn’t enjoy a large fan-base. But what he has is worldwide, and ROCK SOLID. After a legendary career, with beginnings rooted in The Velvet Underground, and a great (and greatly varied) solo outing that includes the ambiguous double […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here comes a confession. I become obsessed with music that I find that I like. In that I listen to it over and over…and over, sometimes for days, maybe even weeks, maybe months…continuously. I don’t understand how I do what […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ok, this is a simple post. First off, I hope everyone’s entrance into 2013 was smooth sailing. I trust that it was. I picked up a copy of Grrr! (The Best of The Rolling Stones). I know, I know, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always been a Stereo purist. There’s something within the concept of 5.1 applications where classic music is concerned (outside the scope of the original recording), that makes it seem wrong to me. In fact, I liken 5.1 mixes to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not many performers have a rich career to draw from like Elton John has. From his fairly unknown Empty Sky (1969) debut (released in the UK way before the US), and his first album that generated a hit (“Your Song”), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m always all about the Stones. But in the last ten years, I’ve realized their best song-writing years may be far, far behind the Glimmer Twins. Today, The Stones released one of their two new tracks (likely to fish out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few weeks ago, we all tossed around the favored Al Stewart album. With the comments and the personal emails that I receive (yes, there are some that find it simpler to just email), it was easy to tell that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…