Category: rock-music

Alt folk Americana Classic Rock Country rock-music
April 19, 2022

Ryan Adams Chris Channels Folk Rock Greatness

Ryan Adams is often lumped into the amorphous category of alt-country. That is, in part, because he was previous in bands that were much more obviously “country” and some of his solo output is fits the country, or at least folk country, mold well. His latest album, Chris, makes it pretty clear that Ryan Adams can also be a rock performer. He may be classified […]

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August 10, 2021

Concert Review – Amethyst Kiah

Last week, August 2, 2021 to be precise, I had the opportunity to see Amethyst Kiah in concert at the Chautauqua Institute. Once of the great things about Chautauqua, is the opportunity to see bands one might not think to go see otherwise. Due to COVID, the crowd was much smaller than it should have been but that added to the intimacy of the show. […]

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March 29, 2021

Remembering the 1990s Canadian Scene

Buffalo NY, where I have lived since the 1980s, has always had a rich music scene. Greats like the Goo Goo Dolls and Rick James emerged from the area and went on to international stardom. In addition to our local scene, we also sit in close proximity to Toronto, ON, Canada. Toronto is a much bigger city, the most populous city in Canada, so they […]

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February 17, 2021

Intermezzo with Greta Van Fleet

I’ve been struggling to write the script for my next podcast. Maybe that’s because no one listened to the last one. Hint hint… While I decide on some changes to the format for the podcast, I’ve been listening to some new music. Of course I have. One new EP that just dropped recently was Heat Above by Greta Can Fleet. Ok, I know that Greta Van Fleet […]