Not everything that springs to mind about the current music scene, or this blog, needs a full post on its own. Every once in a while,...

New releases are in full swing now, racing along in pre-pandemic numbers. Bands are touring again, so they want their records out. Some...

Those of you who read these posts or know me personally are aware that I have a decent-sized vinyl record collection that I cherish. I’ve...

The music biz survived the holidays, weathered the post-holiday hangovers, and is back on track releasing a significant number of new...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Record Store Day, a joint promotion between record labels and independent record stores around...

Mick Jagger once famously sang “I need a shot of salvation, baby / once in a while.” Apparently, that’s true even for a heathen like me,...

Bowie’s catalog is a tough one to assess over the long haul. He continued to make excellent albums up until his death in 2016, but from...

New releases are finally starting to roll out in earnest in 2022 and a few have been stuck in my personal rotation since they arrived....

The nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022 were just announced (and the crowd goes wild!). How the final inductees are...

Some of my favorite artists are even older than me and have been putting out records for a very long time. I was still a kid when I...

New releases are finally, slowly, starting to appear in 2022. I'm liking the new Elvis Costello and may visit that one soon, and “Dodging...

I can hear you now - “What’s Paul McCartney doing in this series?” Certainly, a former Beatle never left the public consciousness? It’s...

Most of the time you have to dig to find the killer albums and artists that don’t casually cross your path on the radio, the internet, or...

"Mathematics is the music of reason."...James Joseph Sylvester I do love to play around with numbers, almost as much as I enjoy playing...

Music genres are becoming ever more fluid in this age of digital streaming. There was a time I could have rattled off the major genres...

This post is a response to the late-2021 news about Eric Clapton being a giant wanker, sort of. The original story was that a woman...

There are uncounted year-end best-of music lists out there – in print, online, on YouTube – any place music geeks talk about music. I...

Record production and supply chain issues aside, 2021 overall was a pretty great year for gathering music. This time, it's another...

I seem to have gotten into the habit of including one new release and one 2021 reissue in each of these posts. That wasn't an intentional...

Carrying on with a couple more of my favorites from this rapidly disappearing year. Despite being ignored by pretty much every media...