Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt November 13, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll J. Howard Duff… Rock Star In 1973, 18-year-olds could legally drink in New Jersey. Bars all across the state catered to those 18 and over by employing live rock ‘n’ roll bands. It was a glorious time to be ... Read More...
Spotlight: They Will Rock You Mike Greenblatt November 6, 2019 Goings-On This sounds like fun. It’s been traveling since 2002, playing to over 16 million theater-goers in 19 countries. We Will Rock You is an outrageous post-apocalyptic science fiction story with 24 Queen songs. Ori... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt November 6, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Voices Of Experience She’s the seventies punk pioneer from the Bowery who spearheaded Comateens before becoming a studio whiz with Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Ramones. He’s the singer/songwriter who worked... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 30, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll If You Buy But One Jazz CD All Year…. In 2014, Trilogy, by pianist Chick Corea’s trio with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, was a sprawling three-disc affair. Supporting it with an interna... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 23, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Spiritual Sustenance The restorative power of music can make one whole again. Given the proper set and setting, with just the right artist, and just the right room, there’s a spirituality at work. When a hi... Read More...
Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 16, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Meet Ghalia She’s a total rock star, carrying around a hip flask of whiskey which she can be seen offering the listener on the cover of her down ‘n’ dirty Mississippi Blend (Ruf Records). If her 2017 Let Th... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt October 9, 2019 Albums, Rant 'N' Roll, Reviews Jazz Album Of The Year? Long Waves (Unit Records), by the Franco Ambrosetti Quintet, has it all. It has the legendary Jack DeJohnette on drums who interacts, pushes, pokes, and prods his bandmates into rhyt... Read More...
Rant ‘N’ Roll–Svetlana Superstar Mike Greenblatt October 2, 2019 Albums, Reviews There is a scene in the 2015 movie Brooklyn wherein an immigrant named Ellis Lacey (played by Saoirse Ronan) steps off the boat from Ireland in her new world of New York City. Her eyes are filled with wonder a... Read More...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt September 25, 2019 Albums, Reviews Get Your Kicks You don’t have to be on Route 66 to get your Kicks (Thirty Tigers Records) on the new Rickie Lee Jones. She’s as iconoclastic, idiosyncratic, and deliciously oddball as she always was. Her vo... Read More...
Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt September 18, 2019 Albums, Reviews A Place To Be The 14th Annual Aiken & Friends Festival will take place September 26, 27, and 28 at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg with concerts (both free and ticketed), songwriting work... Read More...
