It’s hard to imagine there’s much Beatles material out there we haven’t already heard. But it seems like every few years or so somebody finds a hidden gem stashed away, and thus the trickle continues. This time it’s from their 1968 self-titled album, more popularly known as the “White Album.” In celebration of the double-record’s […]
Vinally Friday – 4/13
This week on Vinally Friday: • A group of University of Montana students have partnered up to release an album on their own student-run record label, Switchback Records, and Alanya will celebrate its release with a few spins during her show Friday morning and afternoon. The 10-track effort, titled Missoula to Memphis, features collaborations between […]
Vinally Friday – 2/9
This week on Vinally Friday: • Last week, Craig introduced us to the first Beatles album release in the U.S. – the appropriately titled, Introducing … The Beatles. This week, he’ll celebrate the 54th anniversary of the band’s U.S. television debut with a few spins of their second cut, With the Beatles. In what would […]
Vinally Friday – 2/2
This week on Vinally Friday: • In case you missed the news Sir Elton John feels compelled to step away from the road to spend more time with his young children. So, yes, act fast – tickets for his three-year, 300-date farewell tour go on sale today, and it may be the last you can […]
Vinally Friday – 10/13
Shock appeal is as essential to great rock and roll as an amplifier is to a guitar: It’s not really all that necessary, but it certainly makes things more fun. It was out of this mantra that The Tubes took the world by storm in the 1970s – a theatrical group of (talented) misfits who […]
Vinally Friday – 9/8
A “master of musical understatement.” The “mascot of the alienated.” A writer and performer of “suavely subversive pop hits” contrived of “slippery jazz harmonies and verbal enigmas.” These are just a few of the posthumous descriptors of rock and roll legend, Walter Becker, who died last Sunday at the age of 67. Half of the […]
Vinally Friday – 6/2
For once, the turntable is not our primary focus on Vinally Friday. Don’t freak: we’ll still be spinning vinyl all day long. But this week, we’re pairing at least one of our selections with a very special guest. His name is Ron Campbell, and despite never appearing on a single Beatles album he still played an […]
Vinally Friday – 5/12
The lawsuit failed – at least initially – but the headlines were damaging enough: Led Zeppelin formally accused of being posers! More legalistically, the British rock legends were accused of copyright infringement – charged not only with ripping off a relatively obscure American psychedelic rock outfit, but earning millions of fans – and a comparative […]
Vinally Friday – 12/9
When John Lennon describes a song as his “greatest accomplishment,” you’d be wise to take a close, close listen. That’s exactly how he described “Strawberry Fields Forever” after its release in 1967 – a feat of musical mastery, lyrical genius and cultural significance. You could argue the track was a matter of destiny: the ultimate conclusion of […]
Vinally Friday – 11/18
They criticized her for being too contemporary, too pop. And so Emmylou Harris, at the height of her success, delved deep into traditional country music. The result? 1979’s Blue Kentucky Girl, which won the singer/songwriter a Grammy and was later ranked ranked No. 20 on CMT’s 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music. Craig will kick […]
