Rant ‘N’ Roll: Brian Wilson Is The Beach Boys – Accept No Substitute Mike Greenblatt November 18, 2015 Columns 7 Easton, PA—The music of the Beach Boys, since 1961, and their debut “Surfin’” single, has been the soundtrack to our Baby Boomer lives. I was 10. I thought it was the greatest thing I ever heard. As hit aft...
Recalling The Eternal Wave: A Brief Conversation With The Legendary Brian Wilson James Campion July 1, 2015 Interviews 1 You know the old showbiz axiom about luminaries needing no introduction? Okay, so here’s one of those. There is no need for anyone to wax poetic about Brian Wilson, musician, comp...
Brian Wilson/Jeff Beck @ Beacon Theatre/The Wellmont Theater Olivia Taubner December 11, 2013 Concerts NEW YORK, NY/MONTCLAIR, NJ—Sometimes two separate entities can seem to be an unlikely pairing—bananas and peanut butter, Aerosmith and Run DMC, french fries and chocolate milkshakes—but when combined, becom...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Jeff Beck Is A Beach Boy Mike Greenblatt October 30, 2013 Columns BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA—The Sands Entertainment Center is packed. Anticipation for what we are about to witness is palpable. When news of Jeff Beck’s pairing with Brian Wilson was first announced, all anyon...
An Interview with Brian Wilson: Still Golden Andrea Seastrand October 16, 2013 Interviews One of the few living legends still producing fresh, worthwhile, and important music, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson spent this past summer working on a new studio album in close collaboration with fellow Be...
Interview with The Hollow: Jersey Breakouts John Fortunato July 20, 2011 Interviews 8 In a universe filled with underachieving slackers, one of New Jersey’s best straight-ahead rock bands continues to gain recognition and widen their audience while each individual maintains a separate profes...
Brian Wilson: Reimagines Gershwin Mike Greenblatt September 15, 2010 Albums 2 Timelessness is the essence of great art. For the compositions of George Gershwin (1898-1937), many co-written with his brother Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), to still be so vital is testament to not only their melo...
Brian Wilson: Interview with Brian Wilson John Fortunato August 10, 2005 Interviews After the slow demise of early rockers Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Elvis Presley and the untimely deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper in a plane crash, The Beach Boys picked up the slack...
