Bob Andrews Revisits Katrina with “Katrina Revisited” Six Song Streaming EP
Bob Andrews was fortunate. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 he was in Baton Rouge, having smartly booked a hotel there a few weeks before the storm hit. His home in Algiers, on the West Bank of the…
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…
THE SEARCH FOR SEARCHERS MUSIC IS OVER
The Searchers could have been, should have been, contenders. The Liverpool band were rivals to the pre-stardom Beatles. They had a string of hits between 1963 and 1965, including the classics “Needles And Pins,” and “Love Potion No. 9” among…