Many people who know Andy Pratt’s music most likely became aware of his artistry through the song “Avenging Annie.” The odd song, featuring Pratt’s piercing falsetto, demanded attention and was a minor FM hit on his self-titled 1973 album. In […]
Richard Nixon was president and gas was 35 cents per gallon, but John Batdorf has not forgotten the glories of New York’s majestic Carnegie Hall as he performed on stage in 1972. “It was a long time ago with Batdorf & […]
Watching Matt Lorenz perform in his one-man band in a small, crowded club — Daryl’s House in Pawling, New York — it’s difficult to determine what instruments he is playing. I will let him explain. “I’m sitting on a suitcase […]
Frazey Ford sees her two solo albums after departing from the Be Good Tanyas as very different works. The singer-songwriter, who had been one-third of the Vancouver, BC-based folk, country, and blues group, released her first solo album, Obadiah, in 2010 […]
The Boulder, Colorado, music scene bubbled over with talented musicians in the early to mid-1970s. Many became legends in local clubs in the stunningly beautiful city next to the Rocky Mountains, but one group — Firefall — captured the ears […]
One of America’s most underrated songwriters, Danny O’Keefe has been creating albums for about 50 years. His most recent release, 2015’s Light Leaves the West, shows he has not lost his touch. The album is one of the finest in […]
The Temperance Movement can slow it down for some tasty ballads, but the British band makes no bones about what it does best: loud, bluesy rock and roll. “Our music and our attitude is rock and roll,” says Glasgow-born lead […]
From the moment they met, Jon Anderson knew a musical collaboration with Roine Stolt would work. “When we first met two years ago, I knew we would speak the same musical language,” the renowned former Yes lead singer tells me […]
Bruce Sudano has been writing notable songs and playing in bands since the 1960s, but he may be more driven now than ever before. “I’m more inspired now than any other time in my life,” says Sudano, who co-wrote a […]
Each week in this column a musician points to the best or most influential concert attended as a spectator. But what was the best concert album ever released? The unofficial crown may have rested for many years with the Last […]
