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When Savoy Brown’s founder/guitarist/primary songwriter Kim Simmonds died on Dec. 13, 2022, he left behind a whopping 42-album discography that few artists can match. His understated yet endlessly inventive playing anchored the band during the classic period of “A Step…
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He’s been mentored by Billy Gibbons and Johnny Winter, but just thinking about the backwards guitar solo laid down by Jimi Hendrix on “Are You Experienced?” is enough to make Texas bluesman Lance Lopez feel like a kid again. Such…
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One thing I’ll say about Taylor Swift fans is that they have undoubtedly done their part in keeping the physical product alive. While the music they love does nothing for me, their respect for the album as an artistic statement…
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Whether he was sharing the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Öyster Cult, and Starz at Rich Stadium or tearing up the Rochester Community War Memorial on the “Scream Dream” tour, Ted Nugent’s relationship with Western New York goes back a…
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Tori Amos told The Guardian back in 2015 that straight men are tortured by her live shows due to the raw nature of her material, but I walked into the Artpark Mainstage Theater last night with no trepidation whatsoever. I…
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Despite originally appearing on Deep Blue Something’s 1993 debut, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was re-recorded and released as a single almost 28 years to the day that I’m writing this. It would eventually peak at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot…
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Kim Mitchell’s 1992 album, “Aural Fixations,” was the first cassette I ever owned, so it’s safe to say that Canadian music has been an obsession of mine from the moment I discovered just how much commercial radio wasn’t allowing me…
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There wasn’t much to discuss last week outside of Extreme, so I decided to wait and pair it up with two other capsule reviews for your consumption this week. Extreme – “Six” Extreme pulls a David Lynch on their first…
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Steven Spielberg has directed 34 films to this point in his career, but trying to pick an absolute favorite of the bunch isn’t so easy. His childlike enthusiasm and feel for how to lead a summer blockbuster into the promised…
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Swiss composer Arthur Honegger is often quoted as saying that the world doesn’t want new music, and, in many cases, that outlook is achingly accurate. People like what they like without others trying to force something unfamiliar into their routine.…
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