Michael Chapman – The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock Who says that an artist needs to slow down as he ages? For Yorkshire, England’s Michael Chapman, the golden years have been his busiest years. Although he began his musical career in 1969 with an album entitled Rainmaker, released on the Harvest label, [...]
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Coco Montoya – Dirty Deal You wouldn’t know it from reading my reviews elsewhere on ClassicRockMusicBlog.com, but I have a fair amount of blues records in my collection. Some of them stand out as monuments in the genre and most are “growers” that don’t necessarily jump right out and make you take notice, but [...]
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Gazpacho – March Of Ghosts Gazpacho is an art rock band from Oslo, Norway, that has just released their seventh studio album, March Of Ghosts, on the Kscope label. Composed of founding members, vocalist Jan-Henrik Ohme, guitarist Jon-Arne Vilbo, and keyboardist/producer Thomas Andersen, as well as relative newcomers violinist/producer Mikael Krømer, drummer Lars Erik Asp, [...]
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David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars It’s staggering how many landmark albums are celebrating big anniversaries this decade. We’d be hard-pressed to say that much of the music being released today will stand the test of time with the same resilience as the material filling record [...]
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Gavin Harrison & 05Ric – The Man Who Sold Himself Porcupine Tree and King Crimson drummer, Gavin Harrison, is one of the most prolific percussionists in the business. While his extensive resume of studio and live recordings over the past 30 years exhibit his work with top names in European and American prog rock, jazz, [...]
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Montrose – Warner Brothers Presents Montrose! I’m still listening to the few records that I own featuring the late guitarist Ronnie Montrose. This time around, I’d like to discuss the band Montrose’s third album, Warner Brothers Presents Montrose!. Although I have very fond memories of this record, I recognize that it is a flawed [...]
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Montrose – Paper Money With the passing of guitarist Ronnie Montrose on March 9, 2012, I want to offer some thoughts on one of the two albums I own by the band Montrose – Paper Money. As the band’s second record, and the last to feature original lead vocalist, Sammy Hagar, it marked a shift away [...]
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Indie rock poster children Guided By Voices are enjoying a resurgence of popularity these days with the release of a new album. Coincidentally, I’d recently purchased my first GBV CD, a “two-fer” of the band’s fifth and sixth records, Propeller and Vampire On Titus, originally issued on the Cleveland, Ohio, label Scat Records in 1993. [...]
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So, I just bought my first Lynyrd Skynyrd record! I say that because it feels weird to acquire one of their records after collecting for about 35 years. I’ve got things in my collection that some folks would absolutely hate, but I know few people that dislike Skynyrd. Why the wait? Well, for all of [...]
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Joni Mitchell – Hejira I’ve been stuck in a Joni Mitchell mode lately. It’s not a bad place to be. While I’d venture a guess that her catalog is not held in the high regard that was bestowed upon it as recently as ten years ago, those that haven’t familiarized themselves with her work have [...]
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