As John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” and Coors beer alerted the rest of the country to the glories of Colorado in the 1970s, a band of hippie musicians called Magic Music left the Centennial State to make its mark nationwide. The […]
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Most weeks in this space, I feature crowdfunding campaigns for new music by both independent and established artists. But sites like PledgeMusic are increasingly becoming popular as a place to snag re-issues as well. With the re-emergence of vinyl as […]
The Jersey Shore area resident by way of the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York’s Joseph Alton Miller has delectably melded his god-given, soulful lyrical delivery with an almost hip-hop undertone. I can assimilate this as I refuse to […]
The original Disappear Fear band (stylized as disappear fear) formed 30 years ago and consisted of sisters Sonia Rutstein (aka SONiA) and Cindy Frank (aka CiNDY). SONiA has continued, performing and recording solo with the latest version of disappear fear. Bill Frater: What got you started in the […]
Mike + Ruthy, the songwriting duo behind politically charged band the Mammals, are reviving their former group with a brand new record and the ND premiere of their latest tune, “Culture War.” Now, more than ever, it seems like America really is in the midst […]
Not even a week has passed and my daughter (older one this time) and I are back at Buffalo Records for another great concert, this time with Willy Tea Taylor. As we enter the shop we are greeted by a […]
In his often entertaining, sometimes flat-as-pavement new memoir, Change of Seasons, John Oates energetically delivers a portrait of an artist as a man in search, superficially at least, of himself. Oates displays his typical manic energy in these pages as […]
Just for a moment, let me indulge in that most obnoxious of fan brags, the dreaded “I saw them before they got big.” It was MerleFest, a million years ago (early aughts, to be slightly more precise), and I was making […]
Lots of people I know casually, or even personally, people who are either my virtual or actual friends and acquaintances, seem to be going to something called SXSW that’s happening in Austin, Texas, this week. “Is this extravaganza something for me?” […]
Sun Ra—-Singles—The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991: 63 tracks, a lot more than the one on the Evidence label (this is on Strut), and from the original masters, while at least some of the Evidence collection was from the low-budget 7″ […]
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