Rock Archive

Brandi Carlile: Bear Creek - It’s embarrassing. No, really, it’s humiliating to admit this, but somebody wronged me in 1989 and I still haven’t dealt with it. I’ve tiptoed right up to the door of

Brandi Carlile: Give Up the Ghost - It takes supreme confidence to start a rock concert by stepping in front of the microphone with your band and singing a country number that calls for you to… yodel. Brandi

Brandi Carlile: The Story - Brandi Carlile's second CD starts with a song that pretty much positions her for the knowing listener. That is, if you like Melissa Etheridge and Rosanne

Brian Fallon - If I were selling Brian Fallon to you, one song should do it. These are the lyrics: Most of this life's been a drag of a high And lows like a blow in

Broken Bells - You’re never going to forgive me --- or stop thanking me --- for this. The song is “Holding On to Life," by Broken Bells. It’s addressed to a prostitute, a woman

Bruce Springsteen on Broadway - The audience is white and aging. And well-heeled; tickets on StubHub for "Bruce Springsteen on Broadway" sell for as much as $3,000. As my friend and I settled ourselves in

Bruce Springsteen won’t sing in North Carolina. Who’s next? - Where I live --- that is, in my head, heart and soul --- music matters. A lot. I’m with Friedrich Nietzsche, who was never a better philosopher than when he

Bruce Springsteen: Wrecking Ball - Polls tell us 51% of Americans believe the bailout of the banks was wrong. An overwhelming majority --- 86% --- disapproves of big bonuses on Wall Street. And more than 50%

Bryan Ferry - Bryan Ferry was born in 1945. He started dressing like Cary Grant in the early 1970s. Jerry Hall dumped him for Mick Jagger in 1977. Avalon appeared in 1982.

Buffalo Springfield - Crosby, Stills & Nash are on tour and playing in my city this week. I made no effort to see them; the way tickets work now, if you’re not “with

C.C. Adcock - "Lafayette Marquis" is just plain lewd. It's got a boogie beat, atmosphere thicker than Louisiana fog, production that emphasizes the beat, molasses-thick lyrics that don't aspire to profundity --- it's

Carla Bruni - Guest Butler Amelia Smith lives, and sometimes writes, in Paris. She's got a cashmere voice and a killer body. Plays decent guitar and writes her own lyrics. Can hold her

Carole King & James Taylor: Live At The Troubadour - Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne were driving in Honolulu when one of them said, "James Taylor, Carly Simon, a remake of 'A Star Is Born.'" Thus was born the

Chris Rea - There are a million summer songs. But there's something about Chris Rea's music that's idiosyncratic and addictive --- in many of his songs, I hear blazing sun,

Chris Smither -       Chris Smither Videos Origin of Species Desolation Row Waiting for a Train You don't need to recognize Chris Smither's Buddha-like presence to savor his straight-up, finger-style blues. And you could hear only his covers to

Come Through: Bon Iver/Justin Vernon and TU Dance - There is “good,” and then there is “great,” and then, much higher on the quality scale, there is Bon Iver. Everything Justin Vernon and his band have done in the

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Craig Finn: We All Want the Same Things - This is Poetry Month, and I’ve been so distracted I haven’t pushed any favorite poets on you. And now, instead of a poet, I’m praising a musician. Worse yet, a

Darkness at the Edge of Town - It seems like only yesterday that the best friend I no longer talk to and the woman who should have been at least my first wife piled into

David Byrne and St. Vincent - A Park Avenue matron went blind, recovered her sight, and asked Diana Vreeland to show her what she’d missed. Mrs. V took her to see “Deep Throat.” When the movie started, the