Glenn Hughes - "First Underground Nuclear Kitchen" (CD Review) |
"And I only wanna say just what I really feel." ("This Is How I Feel" - Music For The Divine - 2006)
Hughes reemerged as an influential singer/songwriter on Music For The Divine, where he broke ...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:31:00 PST |
Jason Fickel - "Kerosene Cologne" (CD Review) |
In "I Want All My Money Back," Fickel sings "Swallowing that coffee with you, hot and black as your soul." That's a telling line, because the frankness of his lyrics is analogous to strong, blac...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:40:00 PST |
Fall Back Plan - "The Starting Over EP" (CD Review) |
Fall Back Plan was a serendipitous discovery as I was flipping channels last month. I caught part of their performance on Backstage, looked them up on MySpace - and they are now one of my favori...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:21:00 PST |
Lana Lane - "Red Planet Boulevard" (CD Review) |
Lana has been called the "Queen Of Symphonic Rock," but that's a misnomer, because she's much more than that - she is one of today's premier song stylists.
Love Is An Illusion, her 1995 debut, hit me ...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:22:00 PST |
Robin George/Glenn Hughes - "Sweet Revenge" (CD Review) |
These previously-unreleased recordings date back to 1990, when a not-yet-sober Glenn Hughes was trying to find his feet after a disastrous stint with Black Sabbath and a decade spent in The Twilight Z...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:49:00 PST |
Winger - The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 2/22/08 |
It was another cold, dreary night along the bleak Asbury Park beachfront, but Winger's bus shone like a beacon of light. Kip, Reb, Rod, and John played the Pony just over a year ago. They ...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:03:00 PST |
The Twelve (APAP Showcase) - China Club, New York, NY 1/13/08 |
Composer/lyricist Neil Berg's debut of The Twelve was primarily for members of the annual APAP Conference, but it was also a free event open to the public. His biblically-based, theatrical rock ...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:58:00 PST |
My Top Five CDs Of 2007 |
(in alphabetical order by artist)
Vanessa Carlton - Heroes & Thieves
As usual, gorgeous strings flow in and around Nessa's economically elegant piano stylings and memorable melodies. What se...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:34:00 PST |
Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp - B.B. King Blues Club, New York, NY 9/3/07 |
I had some reservations about dropping $65 for a ticket to Rock 'N Roll Fantasy Camp, but Glenn Hughes' participation got me out the door.
The indefatigable Hughes - who wowed New York in June - was o...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:20:00 PST |
Deep Purple - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY 8/7/07 |
The well-oiled touring machine that is Deep Purple presented a polished slab of rock at uberprestigious Radio City Music Hall. But their public displays, though always entertaining and played to...
Posted by Damien DeSimone on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:52:00 PST |
