JEFF DANIELS
Yes, Jeff Daniels the Hollywood actor. He’s appeared in 70-plus films, TV shows galore and on the Broadway stage (where he won plaudits as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.) But he is also a fine singer-songwriter/guitarist and, to that end, his new album, Alive And Well Enough, shows off his skills as an Americana humorist like John Prine, Loudon Wainwright III or Randy Newman. His songs — especially “Trumpty Dumpty Blues,” “Al Kaline,” “Jesus Was a Stoner” and “Everybody’s Brave on the Internet” — combine wit, vocal fluidity and acoustic guitar chops. His 10 albums are, in a word, fascinating.
— Mike Greenblatt Compiled by Patrick Prince
Elton John, 17/11/70
I was still in high school and didn’t know who he was. I bought it at the drug store because of the cover. Plus he played piano like I was trying to do. It blew me away, especially that long, extended “Burn Down the Mission.” I still play air-guitar to Dee Murray’s bass line. It just builds and builds. That would be my desert island disc. I’d never get tired of it.
Arlo Guthrie, Alice’s Restaurant
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THE GRAND POOBAH!
SINCE THEIR INCARNATION in the early 1970s, the band Poobah have recorded over a dozen albums with various lineups, while openi ng for some of rock and roll’s biggest names.
THE MAKING OF PEARL
JANIS JOPLIN IN 1970: A NEW B AND AND THE MAKING OF HER CLASSIC ALBUM, PEARL.
There Must Have Been Something in the Water
If The Beatles never happened, if the British invasion never occurred, then music fans around the world would more than likely never have been exposed to some of the finest white blues singers that the U.K. produced between 1964 and 1970.
The SAGA Continues
SAGA WERE NOT THE ONLY band to make an album during the pandemic — far from it.
Ten Years After MORE THAN 50 YEARS LATER
DRUMMER RIC LEE TALKS TO GOLDMINE ABOUT A TEN YEARS AFTER DELUXE EDITION OF THE A STING IN THE TALE ALBUM AND HIS RECENTLY RELEASED MEMOIR, FROM HEADSTOCKS TO WOODSTOCK.
SUZI QUATRO IS BACK!
WITH A NEW ALBUM, THE DEVIL IN ME, THIS PIONEERING FEMALE ROCKER REMAINS AS DRIVEN AND DETERMINED AS EVER
RE-SHAKE & RE-MAKE
WITH THE RERELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER, THE BLACK CROWES FLY HIGH BY REFLECTING ON THEIR ROOTS.
LOVE FOR PEARL
2021 will be a big year for fans of Janis Joplin. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is curating a special exhibit devoted to her that is scheduled to open in May.
Q&A WITH JANIS' SIBLINGS, LAURA AND MICHAEL JOPLIN
Q&A WITH JANIS’ SIBLINGS, LAURA AND MICHAEL JOPLIN
CHERISHING CITY TO CITY A timeless classic by GERRY RAFFERTY
It’s early 1978 and the new single by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, “Baker Street,” is blasting out on the airwaves on my small transistor radio.
