Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt May 9, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll A Real Life Atlantis There’s no telling where the music of Toronto drummer/composer/producer Robert Diack will go. Underwater would be a start. His self-released Lost Villages was named af...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt May 2, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll 1 Long Tall Deb and Colin John The “Lungs” of the late Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt is the only cover on the exquisite Dragonfly (VizzTone) by Long Tall Deb and Colin John. The follow-up ...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt April 25, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Steve Earle: Political Animal “I’ve been fortunate enough to meet most of my musical heroes,” said Steve Earle from the stage of the MusikFest Café in Bethlehem, Pa., “and only two of ‘em were assholes....
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt April 18, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Jimi Ain’t Dead It’s a statement on rock ’n’ roll music in 2018 when the best damn rock CD of the year is by a guy who’s supposed to be dead. Both Sides Of The Sky (Legacy) is replete with astounding ...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt April 11, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Back To The Isle Of Wight Boy, that must have been some festival! A year after Woodstock, Hendrix, Chicago, The Doors, Moody Blues, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Sly...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt April 4, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Damn Nazis Always Ruin The Party The 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret takes place at the seedy Kit Kat Club in 1931 Germany where the dancers dance in their underwear and you can take one or tw...
Rant’n’Roll – Detroit Rising: A Cosmic Jazz Funk Adventure Mike Greenblatt March 28, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll It doesn’t come out until March 30 on indie label DownJazz Records, but in funk circles, a groundswell of anticipation is already erupting for Detroit Rising: A Cosmic Jazz Funk Adventure. Are you ready ...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt March 21, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Punkabilly Boogie In The Shack (Rhythm Bomb Records, England), the riveting rockabilly-punk debut of The Nut Jumpers, is one wild ride. Recorded in France, self-produced, all-original, these three Euro...
Rant’n’Roll Mike Greenblatt March 14, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Georgia ‘Bone Man There’s nothin’ like a good ‘bone man. My favorite TV show of all-time, Treme, had, at the heart and soul of its story about New Orleans post-Katrina working musicians, a ‘...
Rant’n’Roll – Blast Furnace Blues Festival: March 23, 24 and 25 Mike Greenblatt February 28, 2018 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Bethlehem, Penn.— It’s time again to get down with the annual Blast Furnace Blues Festival coming to the MusikFest Café at Steel Stacks March 23, 24 and 25. With...
