No Sophomore Slump For New Zealand Country Singer - 2nd LP: Mature Vocals & Songwriting
In the beginning, when a parent has a child, it’s a little obvious when that child puts on some weight, eats a little more, needs bigger shoes and starts to speak and then miraculously -- walk. They can see these achievements. But as a child gets older a parent doesn’
2 Separate Albums Tongue In Cheek At Times...But the Music Is Proficiently Tongue & Groove
I was recently offered the opportunity to listen to two extremely interesting albums both released at the same time, yet separately, though probably as a double-album at some point -- I am not certain. I've always thought this type of release was a tad on the gimmicky side.
Dan Baird Offers Screamin’ Salvation
EDITOR'S NOTE: As 2018 comes to a close, we're looking back at some releases from the year that we didn't get a chance to write up when they were released. Dan Baird and Homemade Sin's Screamer was released in September.
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The Christmas Album through the Years
When I was a child, I was lucky to have parents who encouraged me to listen to all kinds of music, as they themselves had always done. There was a magical record shop called The Record Exchange in the one hip, cool part of Richmond, Virginia, the neighborhood dubbed The
Do You Ever Think of Me? Friends Remember Songwriter Fred Neil
Though Stephen Stills and a handful of other musicians have spoken reverently for decades about the music of the late reclusive 1960s singer-songwriter Fred Neil, Neil has remained unknown to most music fans.
His life was largely a mystery after he stopped performing in the early 1970s and left
English Songbird in a Gilded Cage
Although she had four Top-40 Billboard hits in 1964 and 1965, Marianne Faithfull’s early years as a singer are largely remembered in the U.S. for her original version of “As Tears Go By.” She gained worldwide fame with her 1979 comeback, Broken English, but her early years