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Costello & Nieve Live at The Count Basie Theatre (2025-02-21)
Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve Live at The Count Basie Theatre (2025-02-21) The first time I saw Elvis Costello and The Attractions was in March of 1979 at New York City’s Palladium. I drove down to the city from Ithaca in my friend Rich’s VW bug and as it would turn out, we smoked a…
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Album of The Week: Richard Davies & The Dissidents – High Times And Misdemeanours
Richard Davies & The Dissidents: High Times & Misdemeanours Richard Davies has been bouncing around the London rock and roll scene for quite some time now, mostly as a gun slinging sidekick in such UK acts as Tiny Monroe and later on, The Snakes. That pretty much changed roughly four years ago when Davies decided…
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J. Mascis & Mike Polizze Finally Make it To Racket
J.Mascis & Mike Polizze Live at Racket NYC (2025-02-13) I was supposed to see J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr and Mike Polizze of Purling Hiss at Racket back in November but that short solo tour had to be postponed due to health issues. The rescheduled date was Thursday night and holy hell, it was well…
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The Glass Hours Live at McCarren Parkhouse (2025-02-06)
The Glass Hours Live at McCarren Parkhouse My friends down in the deep south refer to the kind of music that The Glass Hours make as “porch music”. It’s filled with heartfelt lyrics, beautiful harmonies and terrific musicianship and its tailor made for singing and strumming in a rocking chair on a warm sultry summer…
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I Hate New Music – January 2025
I’ve been doing a running playlist of new music every year for well over a decade which I have always called “I Hate New Music”, a sort of spin on The Replacements’ song “I Hate Music” and the common boomer claim that there is no good new music since the 70’s. Anyway, this year, I’ve…
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Album Of The Week: The Rose City Band – Sol Y Sombra
The Rose City Band – Sol Y Sombra 2025, after 24 days in existence has finally gotten off the schneid. There have been quite a few interesting album releases thus far this year but in all honesty, none have moved me. Up until today, I hadn’t heard anything which dropped in the month of January…
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Steve Wynn Saying It Live
Steve Wynn Live at The 503 Social Club (2025-01-11) Steve Wynn by his own account has led quite the storied rock and roll life. Last August he released his memoir “I Wouldn’t Say it If It Weren’t True: A Memoir Of Life, Music & The Dream Syndicate” Since the release of the book, he has…
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Playlist Of The Month – JAMuaRay 2025
What’s The Frequency Kenneth?
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Ben & Jerry Return to Crossroads
Ben Nichols & Jared Hart at Crossroads (2025-01-04) Ben Nichols has been making the trek up from Memphis to Garwood, NJ on a yearly basis (excepting the one Covid year) each January since 2018 and invariably for those who’ve been attending each year, it proves to be a wild, crazy, entertaining and oft-times alcohol fueled…
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Playlist Of The Year- 2024 Version
24 for ’24 – Complete Playlist
W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 