The List is the Susanna Hoffs album I’ve been waiting years for. In March I went to The Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut to see Susanna perform most of the songs off The List with a few Bangles songs thrown in. I’ve been a fan for decades but it’s seldom that Susanna tours or puts out…
Paula Cole’s new double album, Sonic Memoir Vol I and II is four and a half hours containing 63-demos spanning the first nine years of Paula’s career. Finally, a diva who recognizes the appropriate amount of songs for a new release. Paula went into her vaults to dust off these musical treasures (from 1989-1998), gave…
When I saw Jaclyn Smith was releasing an autobiography this month, a quick Google search discovered none of my usual haunts were having signings but Bookends (211 E Ridgewood Ave) was and I bought a ticket before knowing where Ridgewood, New Jersey was (luckily just over the New York border). Not knowing about traffic or…
Candi Carpenter’s new EP and short film, Reincarnation, has hard rocking beats over sermons of independent thinking. Their message is delivered with some anger sprinkled with humor. One minute I’m head banging against my car’s steering wheel and the next I’m on my knees with laughter at Candi’s outrageousness. Candi was raised religious but had…
Over the past few years, there’s been a lot of talk about AI in the music industry. However, what if it’s been around longer and is just letting itself be known now? Picture it, the late 1990’s, a young diva is just coming off a popular soap opera (Neighbours) and taking the world by storm…
I became a fan of Kathy Troccoli’s pop albums (Pure Attraction and self-titled) in the 90’s, but she mostly does Christian music now. It’s not my jam but I followed her career over the years, picking up her Christmas (A Sentimental Christmas) and covers (Heartsongs) albums along the way. In 2016, I saw her jazz standards…
In my gay opinion, Zee Machine might be a son of a Bee…a Bee Gee that is. Zee’s new EP Hymphomania Vol 1 has many high-pitched vocals over some old-school 80’s vibes. If all the Bee Gees were still alive and putting out music, this is the sound they would be going for. Modern rock…
What I like about Bonner Black is just how honest her songwriting is. Her new EP, Little Bird In A Big Sky, is musical storytelling at it’s best with a sound that is unlike anything else out there, strong vocals over a modern pop country-folkish vibe. Bonner reflects on her past (“Happy As We Were”),…
This past weekend my partner and I made an overnight trip to New York City for the sole purpose of seeing Cat Cohen’s off-Broadway show “Broad Strokes” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher St.) before it closes Sept 25th. The almost three hundred seat Lucille Lortel Theatre is within blocks of the historical Stonewall…
Every night I strip down to my skivvies, crawl into bed with my first love, and run my fingers up and down his spine. Obviously, I’m talking books, what else would you expect from someone who uses the word skivvies? It’s been a while since I’ve been this excited in bed (literarily speaking) thanks to…
