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Vinyl Confessions: Bobby the Bard
|By Ira Kantor By the time he hit age 37, the late, great Bobby Womack had lived a lifetime of accomplishment and tragedy. From the deaths of his mentor … Read more
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Vinyl Confessions: The Logical Choice
How many supergroups can you name in 30 seconds without thinking? Let’s see… there’s Bad Company, Blind Faith, Cream, Them Crooked Vultures, Asia, GTR, Streets, The Highwaymen and Crosby, Stills … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Hackett, Havens and Icarus
Steve Hackett is the most underrated member of Genesis. Stoic in stature yet virtuosic in performance, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will undoubtedly be best remembered for … Read more
Cruise to the Edge Diary, Day 1
Photos by Jennifer Kantor It’s 9:30 am Monday morning, and we’re at Logan Airport in Boston. We’ve checked our bags and cleared security for our flight down to Tampa. With … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Long Distance (Cruise) Voyager
Forty-five years ago, Moody Blues co-leader John Lodge penned what is arguably the greatest understatement in all of popular music: “I’m just a singer in a rock and roll … Read more
Vinyl Confessions, Special Edition: Starless
John Wetton, one of progressive rock’s greatest talents, tragically passed away this morning after battling colon cancer. He was 67. Given that Wetton was to be a featured performer on … Read more
Vinyl Confessions Special Edition: Prog: Rock’s Other White Meat
In prepping for Cruise to the Edge (countdown: less than two weeks and counting!), I’ve been studying Rolling Stone’s list of the top 50 prog rock albums of all time … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: The Steinman Touch
Everyone has their guilty pleasure musician or band they’re ashamed to admit out loud, but actually not. I have several – Neil Diamond, Christopher Cross, John Denver… …Barry Manilow… Manilow’s … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Fall on Your Knees
What’s your favorite song commemorating this time of year? Do your ears ring when you hear “Jingle Bells”? Do you swoon for “Sleigh Ride”? Do you suddenly find the urge … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Tom Waits, Open for Business
I have a habit sometimes of buying albums, listening to them once, and then relegating them to a shelf for upwards of ten years or more. I’m ashamed to … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: The Logical Choice
How many supergroups can you name in 30 seconds without thinking? Let’s see… there’s Bad Company, Blind Faith, Cream, Them Crooked Vultures, Asia, GTR, Streets, The Highwaymen and Crosby, Stills … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Hackett, Havens and Icarus
Steve Hackett is the most underrated member of Genesis. Stoic in stature yet virtuosic in performance, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will undoubtedly be best remembered for … Read more
Cruise to the Edge Diary, Day 1
Photos by Jennifer Kantor It’s 9:30 am Monday morning, and we’re at Logan Airport in Boston. We’ve checked our bags and cleared security for our flight down to Tampa. With … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Long Distance (Cruise) Voyager
Forty-five years ago, Moody Blues co-leader John Lodge penned what is arguably the greatest understatement in all of popular music: “I’m just a singer in a rock and roll … Read more
Vinyl Confessions, Special Edition: Starless
John Wetton, one of progressive rock’s greatest talents, tragically passed away this morning after battling colon cancer. He was 67. Given that Wetton was to be a featured performer on … Read more
Vinyl Confessions Special Edition: Prog: Rock’s Other White Meat
In prepping for Cruise to the Edge (countdown: less than two weeks and counting!), I’ve been studying Rolling Stone’s list of the top 50 prog rock albums of all time … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: The Steinman Touch
Everyone has their guilty pleasure musician or band they’re ashamed to admit out loud, but actually not. I have several – Neil Diamond, Christopher Cross, John Denver… …Barry Manilow… Manilow’s … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Fall on Your Knees
What’s your favorite song commemorating this time of year? Do your ears ring when you hear “Jingle Bells”? Do you swoon for “Sleigh Ride”? Do you suddenly find the urge … Read more
Vinyl Confessions: Tom Waits, Open for Business
I have a habit sometimes of buying albums, listening to them once, and then relegating them to a shelf for upwards of ten years or more. I’m ashamed to … Read more
