Bird Lives! 1OO Years
Zappa 50th Anniversary
Along Comes The Association
Cherry Picking
The Melody Makers
When Worlds Collide
Gilbert O’Sullivan Tour
Hendrix
Leonard Cohen’s Muses
The Rolling Stones’ Let It Bleed
Elvis, Hawaiian Style
Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Revue
A Sixties Soundtrack
A Visit and 1975 Interview with Queen’s Freddie Mercury
The Al Green Sound
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Charlie Parker The epitaph, “Bird Lives!” would prove to be more than prophetic as the saxaphonist’s influence, reputation and legend have only grown exponentially in the decades since his death in 1955 By Armand Lewis When Charlie Parker died on the evening of March 12, 1955 in the hotel suite of Baroness Panonnica de Koenigswarter, […]
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Frank Zappa’s celebrated 1970 Mothers of Invention lineup is being commemorated with an unreleased 70-song collection of studio and live recordings for its 50th anniversary; Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman remember Zappa The Mothers 1970 is available digitally and as a 4-disc box set via Zappa Records/UMe To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s celebrated but short-lived 1970 Mothers Of Invention […]
Music Biography
Russ Giguere’s new autobiography recounts the saga of his years in the influential, six-man, 1960s-era pop band, The Association By Harvey Kubernik Along Comes The Association: Beyond Folk Rock and Three-Piece Suits, is the autobiography co-written by founding member Russ Giguere with Ashley Wren Collins and published by Rare Bird Books. The foreword is penned […]
The Sound and the Fury
A record label in England is compiling less obvious collector’s sets BY GILLIAN G. GAAR BOX SETS ARE THE BIG TICKEt item of the music industry. And 2019 saw the release of a lot of lavish sets by the likes of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Elvis, David Bowie, and a 38-disc set documenting the Woodstock […]
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Filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles discusses her new documentary, Melody Makers, which traces the ascent of rock ‘n’ roll and the British magazine that chronicled the music and musicians that defined an age BY HARVEY KUBERNIK A new music documentary Melody Makers, which had its theatrical premiere in December 2019, is now available on DVD via Cleopatra Entertainment. It chronicles the birth of rock, the ascent […]
Music History
Former Manhattan Home of Elektra Records Faces Demolition. The Doors’ Heyday Coincided With Label Being at 1855 Broadway BY LARRY JAFFEE IN THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER, I was covering for my friend Tim’s store, Record Reserve in Northport, NY (one-time home of Jack Kerouac), which I do about once a month. When I was a […]
On Tour 2020
The “Alone Again (Naturally)” chart-topper kicks off a 2020 U.S. concert tour BY HARVEY KUBERNIK SINGER/SONGWRITER GILBERT O’Sullivan has continued to bring forth his current tunes and recordings in select live performances (both solo and full band) to thrilled audiences across Europe, Japan and assorted parts across the continents for some time. In 2016, O’Sullivan signed […]
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Exploring Jimi Hendrix’s legacy three ways with a new musical release (Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts by Jimi Hendrix from Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings; artwork (Jimi Hendrix Digital Art and Reality Collections from Straxx Art); and a book (Burning Desire – Jimi Hendrix: The Jimi Hendrix Experience through the Lens of […]
Music Biopics
Nick Broomfield’s new film, Leonard and Marianne: Words of Love, examines the songwriter’s life and the many women who inspired him By Larry Jaffee The new documentary Leonard & Marianne: Words of Love, directed by Nick Broomfield, ostensibly is about the romance on the Greek island of Hydra in the early to mid-1960s between Leonard […]
Anniversary Editions
The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed 50th Anniversary Limited Edition celebrates the album’s five-decades with a newly remastered release package BY HARVEY KUBERNIK THE ROLLING STONES’ groundbreaking multi-platinum selling album Let It Bleed was originally issued in late 1969, charting at #1 in the UK and #3 in the US. In celebration of the album’s original release a half-century ago, […]
The Sound and the Fury
In search of The King in Oahu, Hawaii BY GILLIAN G. GAAR ALOHA! THOUGH A SOUTHERN boy through and through, Elvis Presley also has a lot of connections with Hawaii. His first concerts in Honolulu were on November 9, 1957, and he returned to give further shows in 1961, 1972, and 1973. One of the 1973 […]
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The Rolling Thunder Revue: the 1975 Live Recordings box set and the Rolling Thunder Revue documentary capture the magic of Bob Dylan’s legendary concert tour BY HARVEY KUBERNIK A COMPREHENSIVE anthology of music from the mythic first leg of Bob Dylan’s groundbreaking Rolling Thunder Revue, this 14CD box set includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from […]
Movie Music
Curated by director Quentin Tarantino, the Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood soundtrack celebrates 1969’s radio hits BY HARVEY KUBERNIK The soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino’s music-laden film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is available now. The soundtrack released globally through Columbia Records coincides with the nationwide film release. Personally curated by Tarantino himself, the soundtrack is […]
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BY HARVEY KUBERNIK Actor Rami Malek is the 2019 Academy Award-winning recipient in the Best Leading Actor category for his portrayal of the late singer/songwriter Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody which has now generated a global gross over $800 million. Century Fox Home Entertainment during February released a DVD, Blu-ray and 4K […]
Legends
An interview with Hi-Records’ Willie Mitchell, the producer behind much of the chart-topping success of the legendary multi-genre singer By Harvey Kubernik Singer and songwriter Al Green just concluded a US tour, including a May 9 date at the Greek theatre in L.A. With a highly successful recording and touring career that spans over five […]
