Many U.S. listeners were first introduced to the Creation via the inclusion of their debut single, “Making Time,” in the film Rushmore. It was a canny selection, harboring the angst of the early Kinks and Who, but without the familiarity […]
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Even if you’re old enough to have spent the British Invasion years glued to a radio, you may well be unfamiliar with the pop/rock group the Creation. Little-noticed latter-day reunions with assorted lineups aside, the original band’s career lasted only […]
In the same way that “A Hard Day’s Night” launched a thousand rock bands, the Jackson Five launched a wave of family and kid bands that rolled on for decades. A few – including the Osmonds, DeFrancos and New Edition […]
In the late Sixties Gram Parsons came up with the term Cosmic American Music as a more eloquent and hippie-dippie way to describe the type of music he was making. Gram despised the term “country-rock” and felt his term was […]
You’d think we were still heading into the holiday season, given the number of new CDs piling up on my desk. Here’s a look at a stylistically diverse batch of relatively obscure ones that I hope won’t get buried under […]
Recorded in early 1971 at London’s Trident Studios and distributed in minute quantities to the music press, Catherine Howe’s What A Beautiful Place peaks with “It Comes With The Breezes”, an apotheosis of transatlantic pop. The doubled flutes and vibraphone […]
In a relatively short span, the Numero Group has created a remarkable body of work. The label specializes in areas of music that often aren’t commonly recognized genres, or which overlap freely. They’re motivated by a passion for records that […]
Lovingly researched and annotated, Wayfaring Strangers collects fourteen performances from the late ’60s and early ’70s by women folksingers. All were inspired by Joni Mitchell, if not stylistically then at least by her independence and inter-genre sensibilities. Only one was […]
Though the music on Chicago label Numero Group’s latest excavation of neglected soul music is of generally high quality, there are moments when the conception is a bit thin. What makes the collection fascinating is the chance it affords listeners […]
The arc of this gospel belter’s career resembles that of many southern female singers who came of age during the middle years of the 20th century. Jones grew up singing in church, where her preternaturally powerful voice won her a […]
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