Bob Marley and the Wailers – ‘The Capitol Session ’73’
In the fall of 1973, The Wailers were set up as the opening act for Sly and the Family Stone on a leg of the latter’s U.S. tour....
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Arushi Jain – ‘Under the Lilac Sky’ (2021)
Out now from Leaving Records, Arushi Jain’s debut album is a pleasing work of experimental electronic sounds. Born in India and currently residing in the U.S, Jain is...
Haré Rama Haré Krishna: Celebrating the 50-Year Anniversary of a Classic Bollywood Film
2021 marks the 50-year anniversary of 'Haré Rama Haré Krishna', a classic Bollywood film that has a significant place in the history of Hindi cinema. There are three...
Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond By Chris Hillman
Due out this November, Chris Hillman’s autobiography is the story of a key musical figure and a survivor. The book starts slowly. Fans eager to hear about Hillman’s...
The Saw Range – ‘Flowers for Dreams’ (2020)
In 2018, Spain’s The Saw Range- singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Eva Lasierra and her producer/collaborator Oscar Arroyo – quietly self-released one of the finest albums of the year. Ajna, the act’s...
Recreating Mental Landscapes: Artist Profile of Jeeyoung Lee
South Korean visual artist Jeeyoung Lee employs a multi-step process in creating her surrealistic works. In her tiny studio, she first constructs elaborate sets that reflect a combination...
A 2018 Album More People Need to Hear: ‘Ajna’ by The Saw Range
With the end of the calendar year closing in, it’s the time when many music journalists will be writing up their best of 2019 lists. For this writer,...
Jim Sullivan – ‘If the Evening Were Dawn’ (2019)
With the glut of reissue labels that have emerged over the past few decades, it can be a mess to try and sort through all of the supposed...
Blackwater Holylight: Sonic Sisters
There’s some choice dialogue in response to a rock band performance in Russ Meyer’s 1970 classic of outrageous cinema, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. In the film,...
Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed by Howard Sounes (2019)
I have to preface this review by saying that I haven’t read any other biographies of Lou Reed, so can’t comment on how Sounes’s book compares to others....