Ever since I started this blog six years ago, I’ve been wanting to interview a musician, and preferably, someone who had deep roots in the rock and/or blues scene. So when Brinsley Schwarz’s label reached out with some tunes, I immediately took up their offer … Continue reading The ME Interview – Brinsley Schwarz
Time once again to open the vault door and see what’s in there. Stuff that I posted on at some time in the past that deserves to be heard… Founded in the beach town of Westerly, Rhode Island, Roomful of Blues have been a New … Continue reading From the Vault – Vol 6
In 2011 the (failing) New York Times claimed, “The 40-year career of the English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe constitutes a paradox: the songs he has written are better known than he is.” Nick Lowe is from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, part of that seemingly endless generation of Brits … Continue reading Nick Lowe – The Jesus of Cool
[Seconds of Pleasure] was bright, propulsive, and poppy, filled with big melodic hooks and polished until it glistened. . . Time has been nothing but kind to this record and, judged on its own merits, it’s one of hell of a good time. At its … Continue reading Featured Album – Seconds of Pleasure – Rockpile
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