By Devon Wendell Lou Reed; the King of New York, is dead. This information still doesn’t compute with me. And at the same time, Lou’s death symbolizes the end of an era for this fellow native New Yorker. About a week before Lou’s death, I learned that the historic Roseland Ballroom in NYC will be… Read More A Remembrance: Lou Reed
Louminous By Brian Arsenault I was feeling pretty good. Saw both my real football and American football teams win this weekend. It’s been cold and windy. But sunny. Then I went on the damn internet and saw that Lou Reed had died. Lou who took me to Berlin — “Oh baby, it was paradise” —… Read More An Appreciation: Lou Reed
101 Essential Rock Records: The Golden Age of Vinyl from the Beatles to the Sex Pistols by Brian Arsenault Thank you, Jeff Gold. The vinyl LP needed someone to wax poetic about it and do a big book about it and you did. You notice I didn’t say coffee table book because that phrase has… Read More Book Review: “101 Essential Rock Records” by Jeff Gold
Magnolia Memoir The Perfect Crime (Peak/eOne Music) By Devon Wendell For the past two years, the Los Angeles five piece ensemble Magnolia Memoir has attracted a large fan base with captivating live shows in which the group combines traditional jazz with R&B and poetry-fueled alternative rock. Finally, Magnolia Memoir has released its long awaited major… Read More CD Review: Magnolia Memoir — “The Perfect Crime”
The International Review of Music 