Frank Sabbath – “Are You Waiting ?” album premiere
With their third album Are You Waiting ? the French psychedelic jokesters Frank Sabbath present a concentrate of their composition style in four songs, ranging from high energy...
Remembering Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970)
In four years he built a world Between Venus and Neptune Planets of love and the sea Stoned from the sun Lighting its pastel colors The lightning comes...
Larry Conklin & Jochen Blum – “Jackdaw” (1980) premiere
Larry Conklin bought his first guitar, a Gibson J-45, in 1970, after he got out of the army. “I taught myself to play. I wrote songs and instrumentals...
Neil Young – “Hitchhiker” (2017) review
Neil Young - Hitchhiker (2017) If anything, Neil Young is predictably unpredictable … and truth be told, I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a drawback,...
“Feel the Music” – an interview with Paul Major
Paul Major has lived resolutely on the vanguard of musical culture for nearly a half-century; as a pioneering record collector turned eminent rock and roller, his influence is...
Kozfest 2017 Day Two: Chumley Warner Brothers and Spirits Burning
One of the rare occurrences that took place around Kozfest was the performance of Spirits Burning, augmented by Chumley Warner Brothers who played an amazing set on Day...
Rain – “Rain” (1972) review
Album reissue on Out-Sider (2017) / Originally released on Project 3 (1972) Guerssen The lone album from Philadelphia’s Rain is an interesting melting pot of harmonic pop (‘Let...
Kozfest 2017 Day Two: NUKLI
Based in London, psychedelic alternative rock maestros NUKLI have a message: “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood!” A UK free festival veteran, vocalist and guitarist...
The Dream Syndicate – ‘How Did I Find Myself Here?’ (2017)
In all honesty, after all this time, I never expected to hear another Dream Syndicate album, so when How Did I Find Myself Here? found its way to...
Festival: Folk Music at Newport 1963-1966 (2017) review
Festival: Folk Music at Newport 1963-1966 A Film by Murray Lerner Criterion Collection Blu Ray/DVD 2017 Part of what makes D.A. Pennebaker’s Don’t Look Back – his...