Lucy Kaplansky — ‘Everyday Street’ Samantha Curreli April 2, 2019 Albums, Reviews Press play and close your eyes. Soothing, soulful guitars will guide you down memory lane while thoughtful lyrics drift you through parks and streets in New York—even the highlands of Scotland. Carefully crafte...
Mötley Crüe — ‘The Dirt Soundtrack’ Tim Louie March 27, 2019 Albums, Reviews One of the most highly-anticipated Netflix movies this year, for me anyway, is The Dirt, based on the best-selling Mötley Crüe autobiography. Of course, to coincide with any movie, there should be a soundtrack....
Rant ‘n’ Roll: Elvis Presley, Seth Walker, Larry Grenadier, and more! Mike Greenblatt March 27, 2019 Albums, Reviews By 1968, Elvis Presley had abdicated his throne to those British long-hairs whom he hated. The King just wasn’t relevant anymore and he knew it. Along came TV producer Steve Binder with an idea to restore Elvis...
Ariana Grande — ‘Thank U, Next’ Jackie Patrillo March 20, 2019 Albums, Reviews After a long year that was 2018, she’s back in 2019 and is dominating the music charts. Ariana Grande’s fifth studio album, Thank U, Next, has skyrocketed on the music charts, making music history for the 25-ye...
Rant ‘n’ Roll — Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, John Fusco and the X-Road Riders, and more! Mike Greenblatt March 20, 2019 Albums, Reviews The Whole Shebang (Bigger Better More Records), by Charlie Faye & The Fayettes, feels good. An update on the girl groups of the ’60s, singer-songwriter Faye wrote or co-wrote 12 frilly retro-pop tunes, sing...
Rant ‘n’ Roll: The Delines, Dave Rudolph Quartet, Aaron Goldberg, and much more! Mike Greenblatt March 13, 2019 Albums, Reviews The story of the second album of The Delines would make a great movie. In 2014, the Portland, Oregon Americana band with the country-soul female singer made many a Top 10 list with its Colfax debut. With most o...
Album Review: Upstate — ‘Healing’ Debra Kate Schafer March 13, 2019 Albums, Reviews If you have a weakness for harmonies and down to earth instrumentals, this New York-based six-piece is the band for you. In a way, the aptly named Upstate is a mix of Hanson, Dawes, and Lake Street Drive, makin...
Rant ‘n’ Roll: Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, David Dominique, Kalyn Fay, and more! Mike Greenblatt March 6, 2019 Albums, Columns, Rant 'N' Roll, Reviews This Glitter Wolf Bites Drummer/composer/educator Allison Miller has been busy. In New York City, she sits in with the band on Late Night with Seth Myers. In Washington D.C., she’s Musical Director for INK a...
Makin’ Waves Record of the Week: Karma Gambit’s This is Probably a Mistake, But… Bob Makin February 27, 2019 Albums, Reviews Karma Gambit’s debut LP, This is Probably a Mistake, But…, is a forceful forging of signature Jack Linden folk-rock with blasts of Beatlesque/Bowie-like power-pop. On Karma Gambit’s debut LP, This is ...
Rant ‘n’ Roll: Clifford Lamb, Gurf Morlix, Miho Hazama, Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson, and Andy B. Mike Greenblatt February 27, 2019 Albums, Columns, Rant 'N' Roll, Reviews Mash-Up City Blues & Hues (Weber Works Entertainment Group) by San Francisco pianist-composer Clifford Lamb mashes up old and new to ingratiating effect. The brainchild of producer Jeffrey Weber, its eig...
