Mr. Bernie Torme, after announcing last week a new set of shows happening later this year, and also threatening that they maybe the last shows he does, announced today a new double CD album, Shadowland....
Last night I joined in the festivities down at the Bowery Electric, celebrating Liza Colby’s birthday. It was a damn good time. Caught both Revel in Dimes and Liza’s own Liza Colby Sound. Both offered...
Just flipping through the dial and it seems we are gearing up for the Royal Wedding next weekend. With that I offer these fine gems. . .
The Ones. . . / The Red Eye / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published April 17, 2018 · Last modified January 2, 2019
A Band Of Friends. . . Reminds me of the phrase “friends of Bill W”. Sadly the former is even more cryptic than the later. Similar deal. Both deal with loss and celebration. Very different...
I first caught LA Guns with Michael Grant in 2015. They were playing a festival over in NJ. They were playing the smaller stage wedged between I believe TT Quick, a local NJ act from...
Is it purely fiction that Johnny Hooker walks into a closed carousel house to find, to actually uncover, a hung over Henry Gondorf? Does a Henry Gondorff actually get such calls? Does such happen?
by wildwestrocks · Published March 24, 2018 · Last modified January 2, 2019
Has been awhile since I have seen these folks. I believe they are off to LA and London. Well at least California and the UK. So if you in those realms do see if they...
Not that these folks went anywhere, just paths diverge and things evolve and change. And it simply cool and I walk into the Gramercy tonight and find them doing a set.Must be like 10 years...
As I was updating some gigs to check out, and found this. Kristen Capolino playing Darryl’s House in Pawling NY. She sounds good and seems maybe even local? Not sure about the last part. And...
The Ones. . . / The Western Front / Two Poets
by wildwestrocks · Published January 28, 2018 · Last modified January 17, 2021
A look at the lyrics of Patti Smith and Philip Lynott in relation to the romantic and modern traditions of poetry. This started as one piece, but then it just grew into a monster. I...