Johnny Blue Skies (FKA Sturgill Simpson), Durand Jones at Forest Hills Stadium / October 19, 2024 Concerts October 25, 2024
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Queued Up: Exploring the World of Bong Joon-Ho (‘Parasite’), plus ‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Siren,’ ‘Scandalous,’ ‘Untouchable,’ and more. Bryan Reesman Queued Up February 24, 2020
Phish’s Mike Gordon & Jon Fishman Perform at Bernie Sanders Super Tuesday Rally Dan Alleva Going On in NYC March 4, 2020
On The Record: Frank Zappa’s Expanded ‘Apostrophe (’),’ plus Mike Montrey Band, Kevin Gordon, Rebecca Frazier, Guy Davis, & Mac Leaphart Jeff Burger Columns September 27, 2024 0Frank Zappa isn’t a name you’d ordinarily associate with hit-making, but this esoteric artist did occasionally flirt with commercial success, most...
On The Record: A ‘Girl Group’ Anthology, Grateful Dead’s Expanded ‘From the Mars Hotel,’ Frank Zappa & the Mothers’ ‘Whisky a Go Go 1968,’ & More Jeff Burger Columns July 5, 2024 0A Joe Meek Anthology Unearths Some Gems The late rock and pop producer Joe Meek, who is widely regarded as England’s...
On The Record: Frank Zappa’s ‘Over-nite Sensation’ Box Set, the Feelies’ Velvet Underground Tribute, & More New Releases Jeff Burger Columns December 1, 2023 0A 50th-Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa’s Over-nite Sensation Over-nite Sensation, which first appeared in 1973, ranks among Frank Zappa’s most significant...
On The Record: Barclay James Harvest, Willie Nelson, Kendra Morris, Frank Zappa, & Jourdan Thibodeaux Jeff Burger Columns March 24, 2023 1Barclay James Harvest, the British progressive rock outfit, delivered some of its most innovative and accessible work on Once Again. An...
On The Record: The Carter Family, Frank Zappa, & Janis Joplin with Jorma Kaukonen Jeff Burger Columns January 6, 2023 0A Treasure Trove from the Carter Family No collection of essential country or folk music would be complete without a...
On The Record: Frank Sinatra’s ‘Watertown,’ plus Frank Zappa, Peter Rowan, James Holvay, & Cowboy Junkies Jeff Burger Columns July 1, 2022 0Frank Sinatra’s Forgotten Gem For Watertown, his 1970 concept album on the Reprise label, Frank Sinatra took a gamble. While his earlier solo...
On The Record: A 50th-Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa’s ‘200 Motels’ plus Jeff Tweedy’s ‘Chelsea Walls’ soundtrack & Josh Caterer’s ‘Space Sessions’ Jeff Burger Columns January 7, 2022 0Lots of craziness went down in the arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but it’s hard to think...
Makin Waves with Dogs in a Pile: Nothin’ Left to Do, But Smile… Bob Makin Columns October 12, 2021 0To the joy of their many fans up and down the East Coast, Asbury Park-based jam outfit Dogs in a Pile have...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Frank Zappa Is Back Mike Greenblatt Columns November 5, 2012 2I’m so Zapped. Awash in the squirrelly humor, the odd time signatures, the lunacy and carnivalesque—almost otherworldly—soundscape that was and...
