Black Tape for a Blue Girl CD: “10 Neurotics” Label: Projekt – It’s been a long time since Lou Reed encouraged us to “take a walk on the wild side”. Not surprisingly it’s another New Yorker, Sam Rosenthal, who gives us a road map for our lascivious explorations: Black Tape …
Ukulele Loki’s Gadabout Orchestra CD: “Ukulele Loki’s Gadabout Orchestra” Label: Self Released – I’m going to toss all the serious, chin-holding, deep thought nonsense I’d been working on for this review and get to the point: “Ukulele Loki’s Gadabout Orchestra” is a wonderfully fun listen. These songs are infused with …
Jennifer Leonhardt CD: “Minstrel’s Daughter” Label: Grassroots Records – The term “folk” is one of the most troublesome in music. It no longer refers to musicians exploring indigenous people’s music but instead gets applied to bland, self-indulgent singer/song writer pablum that sets my teeth on edge. Jennifer Leonhardt does play …
http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/interview-jordan-block-of Jordan Block of Sepiachord Music now for a past that never was. www.sepiachord.com While zooming along the information superhighway, I crashed into a gold mine. You see, I was out looking for music to fill my head with, and not just any music would do. I was looking for …
Christian Williams CD: “Songs of the Iron Men” Label:SteamTraction.com/Ogden Publications – Our old friend Christian Williams has returned with his fifth(!) recording: “Songs of the Iron Men”. To keep his creative fires fueled he’s stoked them a bit differently this time. Instead of applying his own deft hand to the …