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…
Jake Najor Cuts An Album, In the Cut
Jake Najor is a go-to drummer in Southern California, having played on sessions for TV on the Radio, Raphael Saadiq, Joss Stone, Big Daddy Kane, and De La Soul among others. But when it came time for him to make…