In honor of the people, the city and the skyline forever changed by the tragic events of 9/11, we bring you the beautiful and now even more poignant l977 song by Garland Jeffreys New York Skyline.
A Tribute to John Martyn
Contributed by Joseph Vella A couple of years ago I was on assignment for Island Records UK with music journalist Vivien Goldman to document the 50th Anniversary of the groundbreaking label and I met industry legend Chris Blackwell at his New York City apartment. For those of you who need a refresher, Blackwell founded Island Records...
60 Second Soundtrack: The Good Listeners
We met these guys last year at Levon Helm’s Ramble in Woodstock, NY. They were up there screening their not-to-be-missed documentary Don’t Quit Your Daydream and they talked with us about their unconventional approach to making a record and the accompanying film (you can catch the podcast here). They also spared a minute for...
In The Heat of Summer
Lately I’ve been really loving Garland Jeffreys’ new record The King of In Between. It all started when I heard the single “Roller Coaster Town” on the radio and it instantly grabbed me. Then once I began digging into the rest of the album, I found it was just as good from start to...
60 Second Soundtrack: Al Stewart
Last year we talked with Al Stewart and he revealed some of his long held secrets about the making of his 1976 wildly popular Year of the Cat. If you love that record as much as we do, but somehow missed the podcast, you definitely want to listen here. The self proclaimed king of...
August 16, 1977
Today marks 34 years since the passing of Elvis Presley. It’s one of those moments in time when everyone remembers where they were on that sorrowful day. I was a teenage kid from New York vacationing in the Palm Springs heat and we had all to do to worry about Son of Sam and...