Elton John — 17-11-70+
This one’s brand new, or very close to it anyway. Never had this before, never really had any particular interest in it. Being a live performance from 1970, released as his fourth album in...
Category: ’10s
Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds – Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds
November, 2016: a time when we were going places and doing new things. Only two years in our new life as Phoenixville empty nesters, and we were mostly making friends through the local open...
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – 4 Way Street
Here’s how much I had back-burnered my interest in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young since those early days of teen fandom: I forgot that this record even existed. Surely, I saw it dozens of...
Marshall Crenshaw — Stranger and Stranger
There’s not a lot to say about this one — it’s a three-song single (Discogs calls it an EP) that Marshall Crenshaw was selling at one of his shows here at Steel City Coffeehouse....
The Robert Cray Band – In My Soul
I wrote a while back about the ubiquity of Robert Cray in the ’80s, and the thought that here was the bright young star who was going to bring the blues back to the...
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...
The Belairs – Volcanic Action!
This is a pretty recent acquisition, because all the kids are clamoring for reissued surf music in the 20teens. But what surf music! I previously only knew The Belairs for their sublime 1961 contribution...
Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
After my offspring introduced me to the wonder of Courtney Barnett, through their 2021 “Things Take Time, Take Time,” I spent a lot of time YouTubing Courtney Barnett songs, which led me back to...
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