Music Archives: 03/2019

Andrew Liles by Davide Pepe Hic Rhodus, hic saltus! —Aesop (via Erasmus) Andrei Tarkovsky called his art “sculpting in time,” but Stalker has the brisk…

“Iggy Pop 1970” A new company called Wax Face Toys is launching with a remarkable figurine of Iggy Pop. Wax Face make licensed figures in…

Canadian guitarist Bob Bell released a monster of a debut album, Necropolis, in 1978. This obscure private press LP is about to be reissued, so…

Success was a long time a-coming for Alex Harvey. He started out on a high in the mid-1950s when he won the title of the…

Bob Dylan and Bette Midler recorded together in October 1975 duetting on a cover of “Buckets of Rain” for her Songs for the New Depression…

The band R.E.M. were a highly successful and respected indie act that went on to became one of the biggest bands of the late ‘80s…

“Bring her back / Drag her by her hair / Bring her back / The devil don’t care.” I pat myself on the back because…

Photo credit: Esmond Edwards/CTSIMAGES. In 1958, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane made quite the impression with his soloing on the song, “Russian Lullaby.” His work on…

Photo by Ciril Jazbec The Sound of Music ends with the von Trapp family’s escape from the Nazis through the Alps, crossing from annexed Austria…

Things could have been so different for Sweet. On the verge of escaping their bubble gum pop/Glam Rock image to showcase their real talents as…