CAKE Brand New from the Showroom By Jay S. Jacobs Oh, the crazy life of a rock star. The wild parties, the girls, the screaming fans, the drugs, the hotels, the groveling sycophants, the long days on the road… It is all enough to go to a guy’s head. But not if that head is … Continue reading
Justin Currie Fighting the Great War by Jay S. Jacobs Justin Currie is in the midst of a somewhat common predicament for the former lead singers of popular bands. Is it possible to create intriguing, challenging music without riding the coattails of the old band or recreating the old sound? Also, as an older, more … Continue reading
Norah Jones – The Fall (Blue Note) Norah Jones has performed several types of music over the years since her breakthrough album Come Away With Me. In that album and her two follow-up CDs (three if you count her gig with the alt.country supergroup The Little Willies) she has worked in jazz, country, folk, pop and R&B – … Continue reading
Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia, PA – May 12, 2009 When was the last time you saw a man who was 75 years old give a three-hour-long concert? Leonard Cohen – the quietly polite gentleman, recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, novelist, poet and humble son of a tailor … Continue reading
Dino Misetic Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by Richard Vitali Dino Misetic, 27, is Washington DC based artist whose new exhibition “life and LIFE” opens April 23, 2009 at Mendelson Gallery in Pittsburgh. This young emerging artist, who got his degree in Fine Art in 2005 from Carnegie Mellon University, spends months creating each piece … Continue reading
Nickelback, Seether & Saving Abel – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA – March 9, 2009 It’s sometimes a little easy to forget how many Nickelback songs you know and how ubiquitous their music has been on the radio for the last several years, simply because so many of their songs kind of sound alike. However … Continue reading
ONCE (2006) Starring Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh, Gerry Hendrick, Alistair Foley, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova, Darren Healy and Catherine Hansard. Screenplay by John Carney. Directed by John Carney. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 88 minutes. Rated R. In a summer full of loud, hyperactive films, it is rather shocking to find … Continue reading
Fountains of Wayne – The Trocodero – Philadelphia PA – April 28, 2007 The best live rock band in the world – Fountains of Wayne? It’s not so far-fetched. The Fountains rocked the joint recently in this gig, a show which only benefited by the venue’s colorful history (it was a burlesque joint in the 1920s). This … Continue reading
“Weird Al” Yankovic Straight Outta the Box By Ronald Sklar Copyright ©2006 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 9, 2006. Some artists – Nirvana, for instance – didn’t feel that they had truly made it until Weird Al Yankovic had parodied them. Right on – the man who got his start with his silly but rockin’ accordion, … Continue reading
The Wiggles Wiggling Around the World By Deborah Wagner When you mention the fab four, most people think of long hair and the 60’s. But, if you have children under five, then you know there are only four fab musicians that matter to your kids. Those are without a doubt the brightly-colored Australian exports, The … Continue reading
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