“For in this darkness, love can show the way” Singer/songwriter David Wilcox (not to be confused with the Canadian rocker) has been a longtime favorite of mine. I first came across his music in 1991, and was captured by his CD titled Home Again, which had the subtext title of “for the first time.” In […]
Category: New Releases
Another great summary of the Petty/Mudcrutch project
I know you might be Mudcrutch’ed out at this point, but this gives me a good chance to throw a nice plug to one of my favorite blogs, and that would be Sean Daly’s Pop Music blog for the St. Petersburg Times. Sean is also one half of the blogging team for my other favorite […]
I might not be the only one that’s addicted to vinyl
This one is for the vinyl junkies. I read the following dispatch of email replies to Bob Lefsetz with interest. In particular, take note of the forwarded email from legendary mastering guru Bob Ludwig. In reply to Sound Quality Here are the replies. In particular: Michael Fremer: A) Blu-ray is not a disaster. In fact, […]
YES! My personal heroes of peace and love confirm they are working on new material!
Yes – Hold On (live on the Union tour in 1991) I can already hear the debate beginning among Yes fans, but me, I am STOKED to read the following story at Billboard.com! Additionally, I am happy once again to hear Jon Anderson hint at possible collaboration with former Yes man Trevor Rabin. I’m hoping […]
Song of the Moment: Jackyl – Locked and Loaded
Funny randomness – My rock and roll comrade TDavid had a post today talking about among other things, the upcoming album from AC/DC, which is currently being helmed by Brendan O’Brien, who has certainly had his hands on a number of great rock albums over the years, and maintains a diverse selection of clients from […]
Song of the Moment – Death Cab – I Will Possess Your Heart
I have more than the occasional random thought, and I’m going to share one of them with you now. First of all, before I get to that, this post is Death Cab for Cutie related, and related to that, you’d probably be interested to know that Death Cab recently recorded a live session for Daytrotter, […]
Coldplay – Violet Hill
Coldplay made the first music from their upcoming new album available for free download (for one week only) today via their official website. The official website has been slammed, so here it is for your listening pleasure. Download Coldplay are a guilty pleasure for me that I got into a long time after many had […]
A recommendation for the new album from Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
Before I get into this, I’d like to throw a brief recommendation towards the new tunes just posted by one of Detroit’s greatest rock and roll bands, the Dirty Americans. Surf on over, and give ’em a listen. I just wanted to put up this post in case you’re feeling any skepticism about picking up […]
Record Store Day and how I managed to miss it
Ah, the record store, my first true love, and a relationship that remains true to this day. I worked at a record store as recently as 2006, when I picked up a Saturday shift to have fun and talk music. I saw it as a good potential opportunity to blow off steam from the week, […]
VIDEO – Kathleen Edwards on The Late Show with David Letterman
I knew there was someone that was going to be on late night television that I wanted to see. I couldn’t come up with it. And now, thanks to Kathleen Edwards, now I remember. It was Kathleen Edwards, who actually performed one of my favorite songs, The Cheapest Key, which comes off of Kathleen’s new […]