Garage Sale Vinyl: Genya Ravan
In this 100th installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long snatches up a pre-loved $8 vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorites, Urban Desire, the 1978 classic from female rock trailblazer, Genya Ravan.
In this 100th installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long snatches up a pre-loved $8 vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorites, Urban Desire, the 1978 classic from female rock trailblazer, Genya Ravan.
Concert addict Jeremy Glazier talked with A.J. Croce near the beginning of his year-long Croce Plays Croce tour about embracing his father’s music and his own while honoring both their familial bond and shared influences.
Garage sale guru Christopher Long recently located a “seasoned” vinyl copy of the 1975 chart-topping Janis Ian album, Between the Lines. And then he actually got Ian on the phone to talk about it. SCOOP!
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honeydew (Vanguard). Review by Andrew Ellis.
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Broken Little Songs (Self-Released). Review by Kyrby Raine.
At first glance, maybe it seems a little shocking that Clinton Heylin has temporarily abandoned the rock world to write about filmmaker Orson Welles, but after reading this book, Matthew Moyer wonders what took him so bloody long.
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