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...
Manhattan Beat: The Carvels NYC, The Monochrome Set, and more! Everynight Charley Crespo March 20, 2019 Concerts, Reviews The Carvels NYC/The Bowery Electric/March 6, 2019 Vocalist Lynne Von first hit the New York City music clubs in the late 1980s with Da Willys, a band that played bluesy, punky, rock ‘n’ roll. ...
Manhattan Beat: John Mellencamp at the Beacon Theatre, Procol Harum at City Winery, and more! Everynight Charley Crespo March 13, 2019 Concerts, Reviews John Mellencamp/The Beacon Theatre/February 25, 2019 Born in Seymour, Indiana, John Mellencamp formed his first band, Crepe Soul, at age 14 and later played in the local bands Trash, Snakepit Banana Barn, an...
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...
Manhattan Beat: Rachael Yamagata, Interpol, Roger Manning, Bronze Radio Return Everynight Charley Crespo March 6, 2019 Concerts, Manhattan Beat, Reviews Rachael Yamagata/City Winery/February 13, 2019 Rachael Yamagata was two years old when her parents divorced. Although she says she is from Arlington, Virginia, she spent a lot of her youth shuffling between ...
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 ...
Manhattan Beat: The Rewd Onez, Colin Blunstone, the Cactus Blossoms, and Soulfly Everynight Charley Crespo February 27, 2019 Columns, Concerts, Manhattan Beat, Reviews The Rewd Onez/Sidewalk/February 6, 2019 Historically, the Lower East Side of Manhattan has been a magnet for the most avant-garde among the arts community, and Rew Starr, born in the Bronx and raised in Inte...
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...
