Ezra Ray Hart – Rivers Casino – Philadelphia, PA – December 5, 2025 To paraphrase his royal purple badness, on Friday night Ezra Ray Hart partied like it was 1999. Ezra Ray Hart is an occasional side project “supergroup” featuring the lead singers of three big 1990s alt-rock bands – Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, … Continue reading
Gilbert O’Sullivan Driven to Tour Again, Naturally By Jay S. Jacobs Gilbert O’Sullivan sure believes in making up for lost time. The 1970s hitmaker – who had three chart-topping hits in the US, “Alone Again (Naturally),” “Clair” and “Get Down” – had not played a live gig in the US since 1973 when he did … Continue reading
Sugar Ray Living the Dream by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not hard for a rock star to let fame go to their head, so it’s always rather charming to find a singer who really doesn’t take the whole thing too seriously. Take Mark McGrath, the handsome, fun-loving lead singer of 90s hitmakers Sugar Ray, who … Continue reading
Sugar Ray – The Best of Sugar Ray (Lava/Atlantic) When Sugar Ray’s single “Fly” caught onto radio in the 1997, the band looked like the epitome of being a future one-hit-wonder. Here was a bunch of California surf punks doing a ska rocker (complete with legit reggae toasting by the legendary Super Cat) that was so … Continue reading
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