Carly Rae Jepsen, Cher Lloyd, Jason DeRulo, Hot Chelle Rae, Emblem3 and Megan & Liz – WPST PopFest 2013 – Sun National Bank Center – Trenton, NJ – May 30, 2013 Thursday May 30, 94.5 WPST radio hosted Pop Fest 2013, featuring some of this year’s biggest music stars. Held at the Sun Financial Center in Trenton, NJ, fans … Continue reading
Tom Jones – Theater of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – May 17, 2013 The youthful and charismatic Prince of Wales of yore has matured into a slightly grizzled and hardened King. While the years have passed and life has challenged, he still retains at 70 years old the chiseled handsomeness and bellwether voice … Continue reading
Poco – All Fired Up (Drifter’s Church) Venerable country rock band Poco has been recording for over 40 years, and together with bands like The Buffalo Springfield, Jackson Browne, The Flying Burrito Brothers and the Eagles are responsible for an entire musical genre. Originally formed in 1969 out of the ashes of the Springfield (original members Richie Furay … Continue reading
LET THE MUSIC PLAY – THE STORY OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (2012) Featuring Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, Tiran Porter, Michael McDonald, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, John McFee, Bruce Cohn, Ted Templeman and Joel Selvin. Written by Barry Ehrmann and Rachel Benson. Directed by Barry Ehrmann. Distributed by Eagle Rock Video. 103 minutes. Not Rated. Few bands … Continue reading
Tanita Tikaram – Can’t Go Back (Eagle Rock) Tanita Tikaram sounded much older than only nineteen when she released her 1988 debut album Ancient Heart. This was not simply due to her hushed, husky vocal delivery, but it was also due to the shockingly mature introspection of the songwriting. Ancient Heart was released to massive … Continue reading
LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY (2012) Starring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham. Directed by Dick Carruthers. Distributed by Cineplex Entertainment. 124 minutes. Not Rated. As someone who was a bit too young to catch Led Zeppelin in their first go-round, Celebration Day is glorious proof of what a stunning live act that … Continue reading
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) Featuring the voices of Paul Angelis, John Clive, Dick Emery, Geoff Hughes, Lance Percival and Peter Batten, with a special guest appearance by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Screenplay by Lee Minoff and Al Brodax and Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal. Directed by George Dunning. Live action Beatles … Continue reading
The Pretty Reckless – Hit Me Like A Man EP (Interscope) There is a long, not always storied, history of actors and actresses who fancy themselves singers. Sometimes it works out, more often it doesn’t. The lead singer of The Pretty Reckless is Taylor Momsen, a former model-turned-Gossip Girl star. But if you’re expecting some candy-ass bubble gum crap, … Continue reading
TALKING HEADS CHRONOLOGY (2011) Featuring David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. Directed by Talking Heads. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 109 minutes. Not Rated. In the Seventies and Eighties, there was no other group like Talking Heads. A group of art-school funk-punksters that set CBGBs and eventually the world on fire with … Continue reading
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS (1997) Featuring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Haley Joel Osment, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Kath Soucie, Paul Reubens and Angela Lansbury. Screenplay by Flip Kobler & Cindy Marcus and Bill Motz & Bob Roth. Directed … Continue reading
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