GHOST – «Prequelle» (2018)
Please be seated. You are about to receive the fourth sermon from our honourable Swedish clergymen Ghost. But first, some background for the heathens: after […]
DREAM CHILD – «Until Death Do We Meet Again» (2018)
Dream Child is yet another group largely comprised of former members of the band Dio. Ronnie James Dio played with many musicians in his career, […]
JOE BONAMASSA – «Redemption» (2018)
Joe Bonamassa has come a long way since he opened for B.B. King at age 12. He was always the young blues prodigy in a […]
LEATHER – «II» (2018)
As the title indicates, this is the second solo album by Leather Leone. She is best known for fronting the heavy metal band Chastain in […]
Artist spotlight: the Sex Pistols
Love them or hate them: The Sex Pistols are unquestionably one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music, leaving an everlasting […]
Artist spotlight: Coven
As Halloween is approaching, it is only fitting that we take a closer look at a band of a certain notoriety to match the spirit […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Gimme Some Truth» by John Lennon
With the recent release of a deluxe box set of John Lennon’s Imagine album, it was perhaps predictable that something would appear here. I have […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Handle With Care» by the Traveling Wilburys
The song Handle With Care was released as a single 30 years ago today (as of the day when this article is posted) on 17 […]
Introducing WKW (a.k.a. Watson Kercheval Watson)
WKW is a brand new musical project, officially announced less than a day ago as I write this, and this is definitely one to watch! […]
CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «Cheap Thrills» by Big Brother And the Holding Company
The original idea for Big Brother And the Holding Company was to call their second album Sex, Drugs And Cheap Thrills. Columbia (their record company) […]
THE WIGHT ALBUM – starring John London, Paul McCatnoy, Gnorde Harrison – and Richard Starkey!
OK! It is time for a bit of fun. In writing about a track from The Beatles’ eponymous 1968 album (a.k.a. The White Album) recently, […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Under the Milky Way» by The Church
Under the Milky Way is a song about nothing, and the band didn’t really like it. Not exactly a recipe for international success, but for […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Revolution 9» by The Beatles
Sometimes you take a closer look at a track not because of its artistic worth, but because the back story and the circumstances around its […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Sister Morphine» by Marianne Faithfull and The Rolling Stones
This classic tale of waking up after overdosing was initially recorded before Mick Taylor had joined the band. Mick Jagger wrote its ominous chord progression […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Pictures of Matchstick Men» by Status Quo
Pictures of Matchstick Men was the song that gave Status Quo their first taste of success! It was the first single that was issued by […]