BEFORE THE DEMISE OF RECORD STORES, MUSIC FANS COULD ALWAYS RELY ON THE ‘COOL OLDER GUY’ WHO KNEW WHAT MUSIC YOU NEEDED TO LISTEN TO AND BUY. MY GUY WAS BOB CARLTON, ABOUT 5 YEARS OLDER THAN I, AND WHEN…
Month: June 2020
NEAL WEISS-WHALING CITY SOUNDS
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MUSIC FANS TAKE FOR GRANTED IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY RECORDED MUSIC FOR US TO LISTEN TO, EVALUATE AND APPRECIATE. THIS RECENT SERIES OF LOCKDOWNS DUE TO THE COVID 19 VIRUS AND…
LIMITED TIME RELEASE-Esperanza Spalding & Fred Hersch: Live at The Village Vanguard Rough Mix Ep
Fred Hersch if nothing if not a man who knows how to adapt to a challenging situation. A survivor of being in an AIDs coma, he has also been the first jazz musician to use the COVID lockdown as an…
Louisiana’s Le Roux: One Of These Days
Vintage 70s rock sounds that remind you of the glory days of The Doobie Brothers or roots bands like The Band is delivered by the team of vocalist Jeff McCarty, guitarists Jim Odom-Tony Haselden, keyboardists Rod Roddy-Nelson Blanchard, bassist Joey…
Greg Schatz: Amoebotics
Greg Schatz plays piano and sings with a rich poppish voice on tunes that sound like early Randy Newman on this collection of quirky pop originals. The tunes range from a salsa’d “Not Even Close” to kinda Kinks material on…