Rock Reads Year-End Edition: A Holiday Guide For The Rock & Roll Literate James Campion December 18, 2019 Reviews Looking for a celebration of music in words to stuff the stockings of the rock fan in your life? Well, look no further! Me – Elton John (2019) In the wake of this summer’s blockbuster biopic, Rocket Man ...
On the Scene: Artist Ethan Russell at the Morrison Hotel Gallery, 11/7/19 Glyn Emmerson December 18, 2019 Reviews Ethan Russell covered the Rolling Stones 1969 tour and the Beatles Let it Be sessions that led to the film in 1970. He photographed the Who’s Next album cover, as well as the inner booklet for their 1973 opus ...
On the Scene: Easy Rider 50th Anniversary at Radio City Music Hall Dan Alleva December 18, 2019 Reviews The Summer of 2019 may in some ways have closed on a somber note, with most Woodstock ’69 celebrations being largely a bust. But one bright spot was the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Peter Fonda and Denn...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo December 18, 2019 Columns, Concerts, Manhattan Beat, Reviews Clan of Xymox/(le) Poisson Rouge/November 23, 2019 How many rock bands from Holland can you name? Golden Earring and Focus were short-lived one-hit wonders in the late nineteen-sixties and Within Temptation...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo December 11, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Old Crow Medicine Show/The Town Hall/November 14, 2019 Born in Missouri and raised in Harrisonburg, Virginia, a teenaged Ketch Secor enjoyed bluegrass and old-timey festivals. In the late nineteen-nineties,...
On the Scene: Lynn Goldsmith at the Morrison Hotel Gallery (11/21/19) Glyn Emmerson December 4, 2019 Reviews From her photographs of the Beatles’ boots in 1964 to her recent shots of Patti Smith at the Morgan Library, Lynn Goldsmith has come full circle with her new book, Before Easter After (TASCHEN). At Morrison Ho...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo December 4, 2019 Concerts, Reviews White Reaper/The Bowery Ballroom/November 5, 2019 Vocalist/guitarist Tony Esposito and a pair of brothers, bassist Sam Wilkerson and drummer Nick Wilkerson, bonded over their love for all things punk and po...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo November 27, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Sum 41/The Hammerstein Ballroom/October 28, 2019 In 1995 in Ajax in Ontario, Canada, a few high school friends formed a NOFX cover band called Kaspir. Vocalist/guitarist Deryck Whibley was 15-years-old at t...
Neil Young with Crazy Horse—Colorado (Reprise Records) Dan Alleva October 30, 2019 Albums, Reviews Colorado, the latest album from Neil Young with Crazy Horse, is a tour de force and return to form for Young. The album marks his first album in seven years with the garage rock/proto-grunge group that Young f...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo October 30, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Johnny Thunders Birthday Bash at the Bowery Electric, July 14, 2019 Johnny Thunders was a New York music legend. From his days playing guitar with the New York Dolls and then the Heartbreakers throughout th...
