The Cramps — Songs The Lord Taught Us
I cannot exactly explain why this is my only album by The Cramps. I have had it forever. I have always loved it. I used songs from it to fill various mix tapes throughout...
Author: cjvinyl
The Cowsills – The Cowsills in Concert
Talk about a hairpin turn – from Cowboy Junkies to The Cowsills. Sheesh. The movie “Hair” came out in early 1979, 11 years after the Broadway musical about a draftee meeting a tribe of...
Cowboy Junkies – Sharon
As someone who loves, loves, loves the early Cowboy Junkies albums, I have to admit there came a point at which I just fell off. That usually happens – I get to a point...
Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
When I was talking about Elvis Costello, I noted that because of when I got into him, my relationship with his music was much more through CDs (and, later, digital) than through vinyl. And...
The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’
Okay, I love The Courettes, but I have to admit – I’m still not quite sure what I’m listening to here. The few promotions or reviews of this 2024 album don’t make it clearer....
The Courettes – Back In Mono
It was “Want You! Like A Cigarette” that first brought The Courettes to my attention earlier this year – and then “Hop The Twig,” and “Trash Can Honey,” and holy cats is this a...
The Courettes – We Are The Courettes
I don’t have much to say about this, being brand new to me just this March, except that this 2018 release is even more exciting than their debut. Every song is a rocking good...
The Courettes – Here Are The Courettes
I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...
Country Joe McDonald — The Paris Sessions
I’ve written before that I have a huge soft spot for Country Joe and the Fish, one that I passed on to one of my kids. While hardly obscure, they’re also not hugely remembered,...
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