Tony Visconti

Indie Rock Psychedelics 

LISTEN: Secret Machines Reissue 2008 Eponymous LP

August 9, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2008, Brandon Curtis, Brooklyn, Jim Sclavunos, Secret Machines, Tony Visconti, TSM Records

Celebrated Brooklyn act shares first single, a revamped version of “The Fire Is Waiting”

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Remembrance Rock 

There’s A Starman Waiting In The Sky: David Bowie at 75

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, Bowie, Bowie 75, David Bowie, Lake Street Dive, Reeves Gabrels, RIP, Tin Machine, Tony Visconti

Ahead of his heavenly milestone birthday, Jim Sullivan reflects on his decades in conversation with the late, great Duke

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Alternative Rock Britpop Glam Remembrance Rock 

Bowie at 74, Part II

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day, Bernard Fowler, Billy Corgan, Corey Glover, David Bowie, Gavin Rossdale, Ian Astbury, Ian Hunter, Joe Elliot, Macy Gray, Perry Farrell, peter Frampton, Tony Visconti, Trent Reznor

Jim Sullivan celebrates his history in conversation with the Thin White Duke

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Art Pop Remembrance 

Bowie at 74, Part I

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 74th birthday, Blackstar, Bowie, Brian Eno, Brilliant Live Adventures (1995-1999), Carlos Alomar, Columbia, David Bowie, Thin White Duke, Tony Visconti

Jim Sullivan celebrates his history in conversation with the Thin White Duke

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Glam New Wave Pop Rock 

Sparks and the Steady Drip, Drip, Drip of Success Pt. II

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2020, A Steady Drip Drip Drip, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, Indiscreet, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Tony Visconti

The second half of our exclusive chat with Ron Mael

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Glam New Wave Rock 

Tony Visconti Lets Sparks Fly

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment A Steady Drip Drip Drip, David Bowie, George Martin, Indiscreet, Paul McCartney, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Tony Visconti

Jim Sullivan talks exclusively with the legendary producer about his history with the Mael Brothers

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Pop 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: A Little More Conversation

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1969, 2019, Box sets, Conversation Piece, David Bowie, Rhino, Space Oddity, Tony Visconti

David Bowie’s Space Oddity saga finally gets its unabridged homage in gorgeous new box set

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jazz New Wave Pop Rock 

Steve Elson: David Bowie’s Sax Appeal

November 12, 2019February 26, 2022 Ken Kurson 4 Comments Ashes to Ashes, Blackstar, Borneo Horn, Bowie asked Rodgers, Bowie on Arsenio Hall, Bowie playing sax, China Girl, David Bowie, Heroes, Ken Kurson, Lenny Pickett, Let's Dance, Lodger, Low, Modern Love, Nile Rodgers, Pete Townsend, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Saxophonist Steve Elson in the East Village, Scary Monsters, Serious Moonlight, Slickaphonics, Space Oddity, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood, The Boreno Horns, Tony Visconti

It’s not really work / It’s just the power to charm

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Records Rock 

NEWS: David Bowie’s 1969 Subject of Latest Box Set

September 7, 2019September 7, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Box sets, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Parlophone, Tony Visconti

Get all the raw details for this 5-CD set, Conversation Piece, due out November 15th

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Folk Glam 

Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Unicorn: Still A Rare Beast At 50

June 3, 2019May 23, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Marc Bolan, Steve Peregrine Took, T.Rex, Tony Visconti, Tyrannosaurus Rex

RNRG looks at the classic third album from the momentary tandem of a prefab Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrin Took

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