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Greg Prevost Stacks Up His Legacy

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost, Greg Prevost, New York, Rochester, The Chesterfield Kings

The New York garage rock icon looks back on his career with autobiography and new archival release

Pop Rock

Baby Hold On: Eddie Money at 45

December 7, 2022December 8, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baby Hold On, Bruce Botnick, Columbia Records, Eddie Money, Jimmy Lyon, Levittown, New York, Two Tickets to Paradise

How the Levittown legend found success with his eponymous debut

Punk Rock

The Bobby Lees: Keeping Woodstock Wild

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Bellevue, Greta Van Fleet, Henry Rollins, Ipecac Recordings, Kendall Wind, Macky Bowman, Mike Patton, New York, Nick Casa, Sam Quartin, The Bobby Lees, Ulster County

A chat with singer/guitarist Sam Quartin

jazz

ALBUMS: William Parker’s Tones of Home

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 Todd Manning 0 Comments AUM Fidelity, Billy Bang, Brooklyn, Gerald Cleaver, Jazz, Joe Morris, Leena Conquest, New York, Universal Tonality, William Parker

The excellent Universal Tonality calls back to the legendary free jazz leader’s early ’00s era

Classical Festivals Films World

DakhaBrakha Brings Ukraine to New York’s Niagara County

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2022, Artpark, DakhaBrakha, Lewiston, New York, Russia, Ukraine, Ukranian

Performance by Ukrainian ensemble at Artpark near Niagara Falls made a momentous occasion even more monumental

Music Journalism

Best Music Journalism of 2021

December 27, 2021December 29, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2021, BandCamp, Best Music Journalism, Billboard, Britney Spears, Consequence of Sound, Eartha Kitt, Greg Tate, Michael Gonzales, New York, Rolling Stone, Tavi Gevinson, The Grammys, Vanity Fair

Scribes still do the write thing in COVID times

Rock

Zigzagging Down the East Coast with The Radiators

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Billy Sternberg 2 Comments Fish Heads, Law of the Fish, New Orleans, New York, The Cure, The Radiators, The Ritz, Tipitina’s

From New York City to New Orleans with four states in between, one devoted Fish Head dishes on his history of seeing the recently reunited swamp rock greats

Blues Rock Rockabilly Roots

Lara Hope and The Ark-Tones: Rocking Through the Pandemic with the Rockabilly Rebels from Upstate New York

July 12, 2021March 28, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, COVID-19, Eddie Rion, Here To Tell The Tale, Jeremy Boniello, Kingston, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, Matt Goldpaugh, New York, pandemic, Sower Records, Upstate NY

How this talented husband-and-wife-led band are making Kingston the modern-day capital of New York Rock

Rock

John Hall: The Congressman Reclaims His Time

July 7, 2021March 28, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Andrea Zonn, Congress, Dan Dugmore, Dar Williams, Jackson Browne, John Cowan, John Hall, New York, No Nukes, Orleans, Reclaiming My Time, Steve Wariner, Still The One, United States Congress

With his first solo album in more than 15 years, the Orleans guitar great mines his muse

Rock

My Mind’s Amiss, I’ve Lost the Kiss: Lou Reed’s Ecstasy at 20

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Ecstasy, Laurie Anderson, Like A Possum, Lou Reed, Lulu, Metallica, New York, Steely Dan, The Velvet Underground

For any other artist, Lou’s final proper song cycle would’ve been a great last album

Folk Indie Rock

ALBUMS: Joanna Sternberg Speaks Straight from the Heart on Then I Try Some More

August 21, 2019September 10, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Acoustic, Joanna Sternberg, New York, Team Love, Then I Try Some More

Their new LP was released in July via Team Love