Next Week in Music | June 1-7 • New Books
It's been feast or famine in the book stacks lately. This week is strictly from hunger. In fact, there are only two main choices: Clash and Cash. Kind of...
Albums Of The Week: Dropkick Murphys | Okemah Rising
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dropkick Murphys’ history with Woody Guthrie dates back decades, from covering Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight on their 2003 album Blackout to using some of...
Next Week in Music | March 13-19 • The Long List: 300+ Releases On...
On March 12 1955, jazz saxophone maverick Charlie Parker died in New York City. Although he was only 34, a doctor who examined him reportedly thought he was in...
Green Leaf Rustlers | From Within Marin
THE PRESS RELEASE: "Green Leaf Rustlers’ debut album is a 2LP live collection entitled From Within Marin. Featuring Chris Robinson (Black Crowes, CRB), Barry Sless, Greg Loiacono, Pete Sears...
Dolly Parton | Dumplin’
No, Dolly Parton isn't singing the praises of dough balls for a new foodie documentary. Dumplin' the movie is a new Netflix feature based on a YA novel about...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 7-13 • On TV
It's not every week you see Liz Phair on the tube. Especially not on Saturday morning. But the provocative indie-rock goddess will be on CBS This Morning next week,...
Revival69 Festival Documentary Heading For Canadian Screens
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In 1969, there were three music festivals that changed the world. And “the second most important event in rock ’n’ roll history” was a one-day...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • New Books
Sonny and Lenny. Mac and metal. Listening parties and London jazz. And the history and mystery behind a bunch of big hits. That all she wrote this week:
Saxophone Colossus:...
Now Hear This: Kursaal Flyers | Little Does She Know: Complete Recordings
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Kursaal Flyers were an integral element of the Thames Delta music scene emerging from the late ’60s clubs into the bright lights of the 1970s...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 16-22 • New Books
Last week was all about quantity, with a slew of new books hitting the shelves. This week it's quality: There are only a couple of new music-related books on...
Steven Page | Discipline: Heal Thyself Pt. II
It doesn't always have to be about you. That's something most people learn during the course of life (notable exceptions: Politicians, CEOs and their offspring). And it's apparently a...
Next Week in Music | March 9-15 • On TV
Niall Horan moves in with James Corden, Mandy Moore makes the chat-show rounds, Bones drop in on Seth Meyers and more — all coming to your flat-screen this week....
Albums Of The Week: Sparks | The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte marks Sparks’ first release on the venerable Island Records label in close to five decades, following such classics...
Boomtown Rats’ Citizens of Boomtown Tops Today’s Album Announcements
You don't like Mondays? Trust me, they don't compare to the Wednesday I've had. But at least it seems kind of fitting that The Boomtown Rats chose today to...
Classic Album Review: Bob Geldof | Sex, Age & Death
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC...
