Mark Saleski / February 22, 2012 6:30 am
Against a backdrop of a slow waltz toward disappointment and death comes a familiar story — that of a man trying to scratch out a living any way he can. The emotion is amplified with great subtlety by some swelling horns
Mark Saleski / February 21, 2012 8:18 am
Today’s Wrecking Ball preview is “Shackled And Drawn,” stream provided by Rolling Stone magazine.
Mark Saleski / February 20, 2012 4:39 pm
It has been announced that tracks from Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming album Wrecking Ball will be streamed from various sites, one new song per day. Today sees the release of “Easy Money,” streaming at the News page at Backstreets.com.
Beverly Paterson / February 20, 2012 7:37 am
For the past two decades, the Squires of the Subterrain has been putting out some of the coolest sounds one could hope to experience.
Beverly Paterson / February 17, 2012 7:50 am
I tell you, they just don’t make singles like this anymore!
Fred Phillips / February 16, 2012 9:18 am
On this special edition of Something Else Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to composer and producer Paul O’Neill
S. Victor Aaron / February 13, 2012 9:01 am
The sudden death of pop diva Whitney Houston on the eve of the Grammys meant that no one got to say a proper goodbye to her before she left us, but fans and the music industry gave a living salute to a new Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Nick DeRiso / February 9, 2012 7:39 am
On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber, who first came to fame alongside Paul McCartney in Wings.
S. Victor Aaron / February 4, 2012 8:19 am
The history of jazz is a history of personalities; from the affable Satchmo, the showmanship of Diz, the gentlemanly ways of Ellington, to the intensely insular Miles. It seemed in most of these cases, the music reflected their personalities, too.
Beverly Paterson / February 3, 2012 7:49 am
No matter how tolerant we think we are, there’s still a degree of sexism in the weird, wonderful and wild world of rock and roll. Although it’s hardly shocking to see women playing the music now, the industry continues to be dominated by males.
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