TIME IN THE SEQUOIAS INSPIRES JASON RINGENBERG’S NEWEST ALBUM, STAND TALL
There Jason Ringenberg was, tending to his farm in Tennessee, where the musician grows fruit and vegetables for his family. It’s what he calls his hobby farm. In addition, for the last six years he’s seriously farmed his Illinois family…
Graham Parker Album Anniversary Sparks Another Songbook by Martin Belmont
Forty years ago, Graham Parker and the Rumour released their fourth studio album, Squeezing Out Sparks, to critical and popular acclaim. It topped the Village Voice’s 1979 Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll. In Creem magazine’s Top Album Readers’ Poll for…
Graham Parker Releases A Solo Sparks Album
Graham Parker’s recent solo acoustic recording of 1979’s Squeezing Out Sparks on the 40th anniversary of its release was … well, what the hell, I’m just going to say it, was sparked by Martin Belmont’s work on a songbook of…