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Since 1974, The Stone Pony has been the anchor of the music scene in Asbury Park, NJ. As noted previously by this author, Bruce, Little Steven and Southside are good friends. And on this past Saturday Night of Labor Day Weekend, it was, indeed, the center of the music universe as far as the Jersey […]
Natty Frenchy (The Skatalites ) The Skatalites have been one of the most influential ska groups of all time. The group was formed in 1964 and began as a ska group but also embraced subgenres such as Rocksteady, Reggae, 2tone, Third Wave, Ska-Jazz, Ska-Punk, Ragga, and Dub. The Skatalites have been called Jamaica’s Greatest Band […]
We reached out to Pete Mason of NYS Music and had a productive chat. RRX: Let’s talk about NYS Music, which is where I know you from. I’ll share with you that, where I live, without giving out the deets, there are NYS Music stickers in places where no sticker ought to be. And I […]
Remember that song, “Tainted Love?” I dug that song when it came out. It was one of those songs that put you in a mood. If I wasn’t five when it came out, it might have been a different mood, but the only moods I had mastered was coloring in the lines and getting the […]
I reached out to Joe Adee from Joe Adee and the Lug Nuts. This is what he had to say. (Law and Order sound.) RRX: The band plays everything from Americana to hard edge blues. Was that clear from the band’s inception? Was there an overall vision for the band, or was it a matter […]
Kelly Wescott is a passionate sculptor whose vigil to local gun violence found its way to the art gallery of UAlbany. When not bringing tears t her audience, she is a body piercer at Dark Tower Tattoo in Troy.
Some bands aren’t just music. Some bands, even their name brings you back in time to the person you were when their big hits first started coming across the airwaves. For me, the band Duran Duran hit me when I was maybe eleven or twelve, maybe a little younger. We had MTV actually playing music […]
TS Ensemble performed at the Green Island Gazebo on Wednesday, August 30th. Photography by Timothy Reidy.
Tom and Tim Conwell (UFOs and Paranormal Studies) RRX: Thanks for meeting with me. You are father (Tom) and son (Tim) and you both have remarkable experiences in the realms of both the paranormal and UFOs, which I’ve been very interested in for a long time. Tim, what’s your area of expertise? Tim: I am […]
On Friday, September 29th at 12:01 am, the world is supposed to end, according to Harold Fiske, a mild-mannered CPA just outside of Omaha. But if he’s wrong, we will have the unique pleasure in partaking of the seventh solo album from Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, “The Harmony Codex.” And since it’s the seventh, […]
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