The Aquarian

On The Record: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Watertown,’ plus Frank Zappa, Peter Rowan, James Holvay, & Cowboy Junkies

July 1, 2022 0

Frank Sinatra’s Forgotten Gem For Watertown, his 1970 concept album on the Reprise label, Frank Sinatra took a gamble. While his earlier solo...

On The Record: Rolling Stones’ ‘Licked Live in NYC,’ plus ‘Americana Railroad,’ Beach Boys’ ‘Sounds of Summer,’ ‘United Dreadlocks,’ & Paul Winter’s ‘Concert in the Barn’

Jeff Burger

Columns

June 24, 2022 0

The Rolling Stones Hit the Big Apple You may or may not consider the Rolling Stones the world’s greatest rock and roll...

Makin Waves with Katie Henry: On Her Way

Bob Makin

Columns

June 22, 2022 0

Bluesy North Jersey roots-rocker Katie Henry had amazing run with her 2019 debut LP, High Road, winning Makin Wave Female Artist of...

Reality Check: JAMES PAUL MCCARTNEY TURNS 80

James Campion

Columns

June 22, 2022 2

Macca at 80. I feel obligated to acknowledge the 80th birthday of James Paul McCartney the day after I am...

On The Record: ABBA’s ‘CD Album Box Set,’ plus Brad Absher, David Newbould, Michael Martin Murphey, & Rod Picott

Jeff Burger

Columns

June 17, 2022 0

ABBA Delivers an Expansive Box Set The pop group ABBA – two Swedish couples who married and later divorced – got...

Reality Check: ONE ALIEN ALIENATION IN THE ALIEN NATION

James Campion

Columns

June 15, 2022 0

David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars at 50. Let the children lose itLet the children use itLet all the...

On The Record: The Rolling Stones’ ‘El Mocambo 1977,’ plus Neurotic Outsiders, Railroad Earth, & Asleep at the Wheel

Jeff Burger

Columns

June 10, 2022 0

The audience makes considerably less noise on the Rolling Stones’ new El Mocambo 1977 than on any of the group’s many other recently...

Reality Check: The Cost of Inflation

James Campion

Columns

June 8, 2022 0

INFLATION TRAIN = POLITICAL PAIN I have been clear here for decades that I am not an economy writer. I...

On The Record: Mary Gauthier, John Coltrane, Charlie Musselwhite, Edie Carey, Michael McDermott, & Laney Jones

Jeff Burger

Columns

June 3, 2022 0

Mary Gauthier Finds a Hopeful Place When Nashville-based Mary Gauthier appeared on Hulu’s I Love You, America a few years...

Rant’N’Roll: Not-To-Miss Bands at Crawfish Fest

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

June 1, 2022 0

One of the highlights of my musical life was going to Louisiana for the 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage...

Features

BRIC! Celebrate Brooklyn – We Celebrate Phoebe Bridgers & MUNA

Flogging Molly Talks New Album, Steve Albini, & Adapting to COVID on Tour

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The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Reviews

A Place to Bury Strangers at the Music Hall of Williamsburg / June 6, 2022

Years & Years at the Great Hall at Avant Gardner / June 7, 2022

La Femme at Brooklyn Steel / June 5, 2022

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HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

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On The Record: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Watertown,’ plus Frank Zappa, Peter Rowan, James Holvay, & Cowboy Junkies

On The Record: Rolling Stones’ ‘Licked Live in NYC,’ plus ‘Americana Railroad,’ Beach Boys’ ‘Sounds of Summer,’ ‘United Dreadlocks,’ & Paul Winter’s ‘Concert in the Barn’

Makin Waves with Katie Henry: On Her Way

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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

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Live Music for the Fourth of July Weekend in NYC

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On The Record: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Watertown,’ plus Frank Zappa, Peter Rowan, James Holvay, & Cowboy Junkies

On The Record: Rolling Stones’ ‘Licked Live in NYC,’ plus ‘Americana Railroad,’ Beach Boys’ ‘Sounds of Summer,’ ‘United Dreadlocks,’ & Paul Winter’s ‘Concert in the Barn’

Makin Waves with Katie Henry: On Her Way

Reality Check: JAMES PAUL MCCARTNEY TURNS 80

On The Record: ABBA’s ‘CD Album Box Set,’ plus Brad Absher, David Newbould, Michael Martin Murphey, & Rod Picott

Reality Check: ONE ALIEN ALIENATION IN THE ALIEN NATION

On The Record: The Rolling Stones’ ‘El Mocambo 1977,’ plus Neurotic Outsiders, Railroad Earth, & Asleep at the Wheel

Reality Check: The Cost of Inflation

On The Record: Mary Gauthier, John Coltrane, Charlie Musselwhite, Edie Carey, Michael McDermott, & Laney Jones

Rant’N’Roll: Not-To-Miss Bands at Crawfish Fest

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BRIC! Celebrate Brooklyn – We Celebrate Phoebe Bridgers & MUNA

A Place to Bury Strangers at the Music Hall of Williamsburg / June 6, 2022

On The Record: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Watertown,’ plus Frank Zappa, Peter Rowan, James Holvay, & Cowboy Junkies

Live Music for the Fourth of July Weekend in NYC