The Aquarian

November 15, 2017 0

Solo Fab T-Bird Singer/Songwriter/Harmonicat Kim Wilson, 66, started The Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1974. His growing body of solo work is...

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November 8, 2017 0

Carl Sandburg’s Jazz Poetry Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) won three Pulitzer Prizes, wrote poetry and prose, sang folk songs and advocated...

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Mike Greenblatt

Columns

November 1, 2017 0

Soul Man Extraordinaire Johnny Rawls harkens back to an earlier era of soul men. He’s currently Waiting For A Train...

Ian Anderson: Jethro Tull’s Early Beginnings And New Starts

Mike Greenblatt

Interviews

October 25, 2017 1

There was hardly any rock ‘n’ roll on Jethro Tull’s 1968, This Was, debut. Filled as it was with jazz...

Rant’n’Roll: Taking A Look at Maurice Brown, Luke Elliot and More!

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

October 25, 2017 0

After being mentored by Wynton Marsalis, providing horn arrangements for the Tedeschi Trucks Band and working with Santana, Maurice “Mobetta”...

Rant’n’Roll – Bad Luck Woman, Tone Twister, Russian Improvisations, Collective Order, My New Girlfriend & Boston Blues

Mike Greenblatt

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October 18, 2017 0

Toronto’s Bad Luck Woman & Her Misfortunes are Cursed on their hot debut. Bassist/lead singer/bandleader, Raha Javanfar, is the one...

Rant’n’Roll – Afro-Peruvian Fusion & Graham Nash

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

October 11, 2017 0

Diablo En Brooklyn (Saponegro Records), the sixth recording by the absolutely incredible Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, is a thrill ride...

Rant’n’Roll – Strange Bedfellows: McCoy Tyner and Henry Rollins

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

October 4, 2017 0

Sitting right up front at The Blue Note in New York City is alone filled with the kind of jazz...

Rant’n’Roll – Elvis!

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

September 27, 2017 0

It took me almost six months but I have finally waded through all 60 CDs of Elvis Presley: The Album...

Rant’n’Roll – Straightjacketed And Loving It, Emisunshine, Into The Red, Two Guitars And A Man Named Vijay

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

September 20, 2017 0

The MusikFest Café in Bethlehem, PA is throbbing for Los Straitjackets, an area favorite who have become, after 14 albums...

Features

Part IX of the When We Were Young Series: Taking Back Sunday

Part VIII of the When We Were Young Series: Silverstein’s Shane Told

With Her New Single, Janita Is More Excited Than Ever Before

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The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing

Reviews

Bastille at The Town Hall / November 25, 2024

Red Wanting Blue at Café Wa? / November 12, 2024

Mk.gee at Franklin Music Hall / November 7, 2024

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HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura

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Makin Waves with The Smithereens: ‘Maintain That Spirit’

On The Record: ‘Talking Heads:77’ Box Set, plus the Flatlanders, a History of Street Singing, & More

On The Record: Elvis Costello’s ‘King of America & Other Realms,’ plus more new releases

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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more.

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Good Live Music for the Post-Holiday Weekend in NYC

The Best Live Music This Week in NYC

Great Live Music for a Late November Weekend in NYC

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Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally

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Ian Anderson: Jethro Tull’s Early Beginnings And New Starts

Rant’n’Roll: Taking A Look at Maurice Brown, Luke Elliot and More!

Rant’n’Roll – Bad Luck Woman, Tone Twister, Russian Improvisations, Collective Order, My New Girlfriend & Boston Blues

Rant’n’Roll – Afro-Peruvian Fusion & Graham Nash

Rant’n’Roll – Strange Bedfellows: McCoy Tyner and Henry Rollins

Rant’n’Roll – Elvis!

Rant’n’Roll – Straightjacketed And Loving It, Emisunshine, Into The Red, Two Guitars And A Man Named Vijay

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