Donovan From “Mellow Yellow” To Transcendental Meditation With David Lynch It’s been more than 40 years since Donovan Phillips Leitch was riding the wave of “Mellow Yellow” and 11 other top 40 smashes.“Mellow” [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More Donovan then ...
Rahim's A Grammy Hopeful Rahim's A Grammy Hopeful Iraquerque oudist and composer Rahim Alhaj is up for a Grammy! Alhaj’s nomination was announced toward the end of 2007, but you’ll have [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More
Buckethead OK, the hockey mask and KFC bucket “hat” are completely annoying and gimmicky, but you can’t deny Buckethead’s prowess with an electric guitar. [...] Alibi \ Feb 07, 2008 Read More
Roman Numerals Rhythm Rock With A Breadbasket Work Ethic It started as a Joy Division tribute band, but once its members got tired of aping their idols, Roman Numerals set some ground [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More Roman Numerals
Sonic Reducer With so many singer-songwriters out there, perhaps genetics is one surefire way to separate the diamonds from the rough. Liam Finn, son of [...] Alibi \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More
Drawn Together A Smile from the Trenches (Grand Junction, Colo.), Bury Your Wings, Brokencyde and Glenn Mara meet up for an all-ages screamy rock sesh [...] Alibi \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More
A Chat With Wynton Marsalis The Jazz At Lincoln Center Flagship Sails In Over the years, music director, trumpeter and gentleman Wynton Marsalis has maneuvered several smaller craft—a quartet, a quintet and a septet—through New Mexico’s [...] Mel Minter \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More
Little Women The Band You Won't Hear Live This Week I just got word from Derek Caterwaul that the Little Women show slated for Thursday, Jan. 31, won’t be happening—the guitarist developed tendonitis [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More Eat yer heart out, Louisa May Alcott (Alexander Perrelli)
I Kid You Not "My biggest fear as a parent," confesses a first-time father and YouTube documentarian, "was that I would have to spend the next several [...] Laura Marrich \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More Dan Zanes and a wee friend
Fake It ’Til You Make It If These Guys Became Rockstars, You Sure As Hell Can There are a multitude of phony-baloney "bands" that have made the jump from fiction to radio. Bands that blurred the line between fantasy [...] Maren Tarro and Laura Marrich \ Jan 24, 2008 Read More Bwaaaagh!
