Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Elton John, Paul and Linda McCartney, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, and Nick Drake.
Brett Milano
Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (November Entry)
Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes John Lee Hooker, Víctor Jara, The Grateful Dead, Grand Funk Railroad, and Yes.
Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (March Entry)
Here’s yet one more fantastic thing about it no longer being 2020: it’s now the 50th anniversary of the excellent music that premiered in 1971.
Rock Interview: Talking with Brand X — After Decades, Back on Tour
Brand X was essentially a bunch of top-flight session men who got together to blow off steam, a UK version of Weather Report.
Book Review: The Story of The Cure — The Beatles of Goth
As confessions of rock decadence go, Lol Tolhust’s are fairly tame stuff.
Book Review: Homage to Scott Miller — Perceptive Attention Paid to a Lost Pop Genius
Brett Milano approaches his subject with encyclopedic knowledge, a fan’s fervor, and the seasoned music journalist’s skill.
Music Review: Singer Bryan Ferry — Seductive Melancholy Wrapped in the Most Elegant of Grooves
Given the realities of music in 2016, it’s good to see a glitter-era icon who’s still alive and kicking.
Music Interview: Prog-rocker Billy Sherwood and His Passion for Yes
“Hey, the more Yes music being played in 2016, the better.”
Concert Review: Bob Dylan on Tour — No Nostalgia Allowed
The set proved that Bob Dylan remains, among many other things, one of music’s great contrarians.
Music Review: Singer/Songwriter John Hiatt — Making a Cranky Sort of Peace
John Hiatt’s voice has taken on some Tom Waits-like cragginess in recent years.