Donald Fagen – The New Breed
Oldies Songs The Acerbic, Jazz-Infused Lament of a Digital-Age Love Triangle, Where the Old School Hipster is Replaced by the “Dot-Com-Slash” Geek The year 2012 felt like a seismic shift, a moment…
Ted Nugent – Workin’ Hard, Playin’ Hard
A Gritty Testament to the Hedonistic Balance of the 1970s Rock and Roll Life: The Unspoken Code of the Road Warrior The year is 1977. Bell bottoms were getting tighter,…
Walter Becker – Paging Audrey
“Paging Audrey” is a soulful, melancholic jazz-rock exploration of loss, regret, and the search for a vanished personal connection, serving as Walter Becker’s most nakedly emotional song. There are certain…
Jackson Browne – That Girl Could Sing (Live Lucky Strike Live, Hollywood, CA)
Jackson Browne Rehearses “That Girl Could Sing” During Intimate Soundcheck in Hollywood On May 11, 2016, Jackson Browne offered a rare and revealing glimpse into his live process during a…
Slade – Martha My Dear
A Deceptively Tender Serenade to Man’s Best Friend There are songs that wear their hearts on their sleeves, and then there are those that hold a secret, a private joke…
Slade – Keep on Rocking
A Raw, Unadulterated Anthem of Rock ‘n’ Roll Resilience and Raucous Joy. Oh, to be back in the early seventies, a time when rock music wasn’t a carefully polished product…
Walter Becker – Slang Of Ages (Live 2003)
Slang of Ages Live 2003 A Rare Walter Becker Moment with Steely Dan The live performance of Slang of Ages by Steely Dan in 2003 holds a unique place in…
Jackson Browne – Sleep’s Dark and Silent Gate
An Intimate Exploration of Grief, Despair, and the Unyielding Search for Light After Profound Loss In the shadowed, confessional landscape of 1970s singer-songwriters, few albums struck such a devastating and…
Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, David Lindley – Carmelita
The Worn-Out, World-Weary Romanticism of Desperation There are some songs that, upon the very first note, transport you not just to a memory, but to an entire psychic landscape. They…
Ted Nugent – Queen of the Forest
An Ode to Primal Power: The Enduring Rock Mythology of Nature’s Sovereign Spirit It was 1975, a year that marked a raw, unapologetic shift in the landscape of American hard…