THE REALITY BEHIND GRAHAM PARKER’S NEW ALBUM, CLOUD SYMBOLS
In notes about his recent album, Cloud Symbols, Graham Parker explains the disc was spurred by a song request from writer/director Judd Apatow. “I presumed that meant something previously recorded with a band but not released, so I said I…
A Tribute to John Wicks and Starry Eyes
I’ve always posited (there’s a rock and roll word for you), that the best music of the punk and new wave era equals anything that came out of the classic rock era of the ‘60s and ‘70s. The music just…
Walter Salas-Humara’s Walterio Has Winning Songs
Walter Salas-Humara is always writing songs, either by himself or with collaborators. One of his writing partners is award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem, whose books include Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude. Salas-Humara also finds collaborators at the Steel Bridge…