Last week saw the release of ‘Sounds Made by Humans’, an album of ‘poem songs’ I’ve made with the brilliant Catenary Wires. The album is out now on vinyl and CD; it’s also available for streaming on Spotify and elsewhere, and can be downloaded. Some places where you can find it… BANDCAMP SHOPIFY ROUGH TRADE…
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A new ‘poem song’ with the fab Catenary Wires is out today: Every Song on the Radio Reminds Me of You. We’ve even made an accompanying video, in which I do some very good walking around with a radio, plus knob twiddling. It’s from our forthcoming album, ‘Sounds Made by Humans’ which comes out on 9…
Back in 1969, Pete Townshend of The Who came up with “Tommy,”widely considered the first “rock opera.” But this past week Townshend found himself involved in a real-life rocksoap opera. The storyline: First, Townshend and fellow Who original member Roger … Continue reading
Here’s contributor Natalie Palumbo’s report on a recent screening of Kevin Macdonald’s documentary film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famed benefit concert and their activities in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early 1970s. … It’s Thursday afternoon at … Continue reading
Some exciting news … I’ve been collaborating (well, having fun) with a brilliant band, The Catenary Wires, who have very cleverly put some of my poems to music. The result is an album of thirteen songs to be released on 9th May on Skep Wax Records. It’s called ‘Sounds Made by Humans’. It can be…
“America is rock and roll.” — Alfred Howard Did some of you find it hard to feel the love for President’s Day this year? Well, remember: the reason it exists is because we Americans, as a nation, couldn’t choose between Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday. Washington is pretty great, but I’m a Lincoln guy myself. […]
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Al Sussman chats with Bill King about his days covering popular music, as well as some of the big names that are featured in the book “LARGE TIME: On the Southern Music Beat, 1976-1986” (available on Amazon). For those who … Continue reading
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