by Jeff Maisey | Feb 25, 2015 | CD Reviews, Music
Deist Requiem “The Happiness Delusion” (Sacrifice Records) Veteran local metal/industrial recording artists Deist Requiem return with a hard-pounding collection of 10 songs powered by the relentless Jodi Joy (drums), Kyzer Kooper (vox/keys), Brance Arnold (guitar) and...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 23, 2015 | Music News
Having played more than 120 shows across four continents over an 18-month period, Pixies announce they will take to the road again this Spring, performing at select major U.S. music festivals as well as headlining shows at intimate theatres in many cities missed in...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 19, 2015 | Concert Previews, Music, Music News
By Jeff Maisey From 1968 to 1970, no band was as prolific as American rock ‘n’ roll act Creedence Clearwater Revival. In 1969 alone, the quartet released three full-length studio albums – “Bayou Country,” “Green River” and “Willy and the Poor Boys.” But all was not...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 16, 2015 | Classical
By Montague Gammon III Pianist Olga Kern loves to share what she loves, and what she loves is music. The sheer unbridled joy she takes in making music and sharing it with her “friends and her fans,” comes through in the champagne-worthy effervescence with which...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten. ~ Plato, The Republic. Lately, for a variety of reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot...