Thirty years ago this week, a young, 33-year-old Stevie Nicks released what was arguably her magnum opus in the form of her debut album ‘Bella Donna’ (Modern/ATCO). With its four Top 40 singles, and immersive album tracks, these are ten songs that still shine brightly and beautifully.
Ugh! For many of us geeks, by 1996, “new rock” already was becoming stale. The glut of grungy gunksters…
Honestly, I’ve always seen it as something of a slap. To this day, you’d be hard-pressed to uncover any…
T-I-M-B-E-R-R-R-! If hacked down in a musical forest, loggers could easily count the many rings of this 55-year-old rock…
The name represents a renowned rock brand. The logo is equally legendary. And the tunes remain timeless — in…
Truth be told, I blame Blue Öyster Cult. Most of the frustrating and painful auditory issues I suffer from…
There I was, perusing the latest issue of a popular music magazine while standing in the check-out lane down…
No Pro Tools. No Auto-Tune. Maybe a click track, but definitely no computerized studio wizardry. It was an honest…
For the casual observer, perusing record bins down at the local Kmart back in the day, one image (likely)…
They wrote the one textbook I actually was capable of consuming (and comprehending). As a result, it was the…
1976. AM radio was pumping out a steady stream of sanitized chart-topping feel-goods depicting funky waterfowl, amorous rodents and…
A full 15 years following its initial April 2006 release, this album remains a brave and beautiful piece of…