Jorma Kaukonen – Too Many Years
I’ve already written about how late I was to the Jorma Kaukonen party, despite having been a huge fan of Jefferson Airplane for decades. I only ventured into Hot Tuna territory in the past...
Vinyl Distractions
Katrina and the Waves — Waves
The followup to their big debut, this came out just a year or so later, in 1986. With a huge hit and a successful album written almost entirely by Kimberly Rew, , the followup...
Katrina And The Waves — Katrina And The Waves
Like most people, I became aware of Katrina and The Waves at a very precise moment in 1985 when “Walking on Sunshine” suddenly seemed to be absolutely everywhere. It’s weird to reflect that it...
Billy Karloff & the Extremes — Let Your Fingers Do The Talking
This is one of those absolute gems that I would never ever have heard of had roommate Danny not spent a summer in Boston, soaking up culture that wasn’t available to us in the...
Joslyn & The Sweet Compression – Joslyn & The Sweet Compression
About five, six years back, I realized that my record collection was seriously lacking in horns, and particularly deficient in Tower of Power – happily corrected with a few visits to the record store...
Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen – The Legendary Typewriter Tape
Can you even imagine what San Francisco was like as a creative environment in the early ’60s? The Beat Generation leading into the hippies and the Summer of Love? The kind of environment where...
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — Soul of a Woman
As I mentioned last time, we just discovered Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Like, last month. We had heard of them a few years back, and there was much talk when Sharon Jones died...
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — Soul Time!
The ‘J’ section of my collection is closing fast with a series of recent records, new to me. Until I got brought into a little local group of music lovers, I had never heard...
John & Brittany — Stories To Be Told
One of the great pleasures of moving to our little town has been getting to know a number of local musicians, some of whom have absolutely legendary Philly music scene pedigrees. There’s an incredible...
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