Xperience Monthly
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Albert Cummings – Interview AC: Hey how you doing Rob? RRX: Great, so how have you been? AC: I’m doing good! Looking forward to the Troy gig. RRX: What I hear from my boss Art Fredette and his mentor in radio Jim Barrett is that it came full circle having you back and playing the […]
Prog Digest After a lengthy hiatus – it is the triumphant return of Klyde Kadiddlehumper! Yes indeed – rising from the….oh, no – wait. Didn’t actually rise from much further than my couch, but that was a story in and of itself. Now, where was I…..? Foraging. In the strictest sense, foraging is really a […]
I’ve been seeing Kristian Montgomery posting a new song almost every week on the social media sites, and they are all pretty darn good. Hardship and survival, life and love, the visceral emotions of these experiences are heard through songs inspired by storytelling. I figured it would be good to learn more about what is […]
The love of music is universal. The joy of happening upon a killer bass riff is the joy of a flawless execution of a passage by DeBussey. They both make you feel, they both give you a rush. But this is on the musicians’ end. The music lover, the music listener, may simply be moved […]
In the mid-sixties, Bobby Fuller was living the dream as far as rock n’ roll dreams go. He had a record riding high in the national charts. He and his group “The Bobby Fuller Four” were in high demand on the Sunset Strip scene in L.A. and were appearing regularly as the house band on […]
Observations and Ramblings from a Cranky Old Guy. As you read the title, there may be a couple of questions you are asking: I thought he retired. I thought he quit. I thought he died. Well, one and two are partially true. As for three, that’s a pretty damn good trick if it was true, […]
Let’s talk egos. In promoting yourself as an artist, you have to have an ego, even if you don’t have one. You have to promote yourself as a good time. But take this to an extreme, and you’re arrogant. But if you start with the premise that you suck, you can take that three miles […]
GLENS FALLS – Dear reader, please allow me to set a scene for you; it’s mid to late summer in the Adirondacks, and the sun is shining bright on the east end of Hometown USA as an enthusiastic and groovy crowd converges on the courtyard lawn of The Shirt Factory, a historic collection of local […]
Rob Beaulieu. RRX: I’ve had your name on my desk for months, so I’m finally glad that we connected. RB: I appreciate it. RRX: So just for the back story, the abridged version… if you don’t mind if you can tell us a little bit about yourself, about the bands and the music? RB: I’m […]
I spent some time with The Dojo Beyond Space and Time’s proprietor Aidan Hennessey. What I found– beyond a visionary, driven young man–was really how local music and art can be a strong thread helping to bind communities. Whether through visual or performance art, comedy, or music, Aidan has applied an inexhaustible motivation to his […]
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