On November 9, singer-songwriter Matthew Ryan served as guest DJ on WYEP-FM’s The Coffeehouse, where he discussed artists and songs that influence or inspire him, as well as his new album, Boxers. As it was also his birthday weekend, he […]
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The year 2014 marked the 17th anniversary of Jeff Buckley’s passing, the 20th anniversary of the release of Grace (his only fully realized studio album), and this November 17th brings what would’ve been his 48th birthday. For the most recent […]
Popular music was supposed to be a young person’s game but, as it turns out, young people get older and still want to record and perform. So we have, for example, Tony Bennett’s new collaboration with Lady Gaga, Cheek to […]
Pause, for readers to roll their eyes. This song, after all, has been sung into absurdity. It’s been performed beautifully by great singers like kd lang and Jeff Buckley before her. But it’s also been paraded around by American Idol contestants […]
From Scotland, Gary Coleman stands beside Waylon’s wall of gold and platinum LP’s (c1985) Pics from COUNTRY ROCK JOURNALS by W.F.Conrad. Includes all my NoDepression posts plus Loads more pics, clips, etc. Available thru Ebay, Amazon or direct from printer: […]
To his listeners, Leonard Cohen has never not been old. It’s that stature that has always given him a special resonance: When rock fans of the boomer generation first discovered his austerely sung art songs, which with their unflappable European […]
If life is a riddle and death is the punch line, Leonard Cohen enjoys the last laugh with Dear Heather. Though I don’t mean to suggest the Canadian bard is in any hurry to join Johnny Cash across the great […]
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