A Promise Carved in Riff: “You Better Believe It” by Mountain When the New York hard rock collective Mountain released their fourth studio album Avalanche in July 1974, the record entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at No. 127…
A Joyful Hymn to Solitude and Creation: Roy Wood’s Songs of Praise and the Ecstatic Freedom of the Self When Roy Wood released Boulders in July 1973, the eccentric founder…
A Heart’s Quiet Confession Beneath the Noise of Glory Nestled beneath the glittering chaos of Slade’s 1972 success lies “Wonderin’ Y”, a song that exposes a rare tenderness behind the…
When the Rain Fell, the Canyon Echoed Again On a storm soaked afternoon in Greenwich, Connecticut, James Taylor stepped onto the stage of the Greenwich Town Party in May 2013…
A Simple Dream of Freedom and Escape, Sung from the Heart of an American Everyman When John Prine released “Spanish Pipedream” in 1971 as part of his self-titled debut album…
A Solitary Confession Draped in Smoke and Irony When Walter Becker released “This Moody Bastard” on his 1994 solo debut 11 Tracks of Whack, the world finally heard the quieter,…
A Frenzied Southern Dream: When Roy Wood Drove British Glam to the Edge of Madness In 1973, Roy Wood — the wild-haired polymath who had already founded both The Move…
A Reckless Pulse of Defiance — The Unrelenting Spirit of “Name Your Poison” Released in 1978 as part of Ted Nugent’s fourth studio album Weekend Warriors, the fiery anthem “Name…
The Ghost of a Door Never Opened — Steely Dan’s “Don’t Let Me In” and the Sound of Genius in Formation Buried deep in the archives of early Steely Dan…
A Roar of Defiance and Devotion Echoing Through the Storm When Slade unleashed their live album Slade on Stage in 1982, it was more than a document of a band…
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