Boyz II Men – Twenty (Koch) Has it really been 20 years since “Motownphilly?” Apparently, it’s been that long, and the best-selling R&B group Boyz II Men are reminding us of their staying power and their ability to live up to their name. No longer boyz but grown men, their aptly entitled anniversary album, Twenty, is a very pleasant jaunt … Continue reading
Basia New Day for Her by Jay S. Jacobs “Once upon a time it was for real. Nothing mattered then, we were together.” Those are the first lines of “From Now On,” the first song that Basia Trzetrzelewska ever wrote with her long-time musical collaborator Danny White nearly thirty years ago. And somehow, decades after … Continue reading
Burton Cummings Stands Tall by Ken Sharp As the voice behind some of the ‘70s biggest hits, Burton Cummings of the Guess Who is a bona fide rock legend. Now 63, Cummings is not content to be resting on his laurels. Augmented by the power pop band the Carpet Frogs, Cummings has embarked on a US solo tour. Still … Continue reading
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
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