Announcements and reviews about new music
The first time I remember telling my buddy Mitch about Uriah Heep he was either half listening or he was pulling my leg when he responded, “You’re a heap? A heap of what?” Heep’s hit Easy Living was playing on the radio and I had commented how much I would like to learn this song […]
Having recently finished reading Woody Woodmansey book Spider from Mars – My Life with Bowie (St. Martin’s Press 2016), it seemed appropriate to update his story a bit. We had passed along some information on his newly released book in April of 2017 based on a brief review of the book and a short […]
After many months of teasing – Jack Spann’s new CD hits the streets on June 16th! We have been sent frequent updates on the new album by Spann’s producer Gary Tanin at Daystrom Records in Milwaukee. We will be going on summer hiatus about the time Beautiful Man from Mars hits the street, but […]
Our old buddy Puddles Pity Party has a new posting at Post Modern Jukebox. The site has many of the newer posts besides Puddles so enjoy! This link will take you directly to Puddles take on Blink 182 .
A Vintage ’50s Remake of “Sledgehammer,” featuring Noah Guthrie We have an exciting PMJ debut this week – meet Noah Guthrie, an incredible young singer / songwriter that has already amassed a large follower, thanks to his musical gifts. Check out what we did with Peter Gabriel’s 1986 hit, “Sledgehammer” – Watch on our […]
JACK SPANN TO RELEASE BEAUTIFUL MAN FROM MARS Making The Strange and Fabulous Digestible One Song At A Time New York City, NY March 16th, 2017—Jack Spann has had an incredible couple of years. The Saint Louis native has lived in New York City for the last 16 years and established himself as one of […]
Let me introduce the Jack Spann Band. If this sounds vaguely familiar, it is probably because Jack Spann’s first CD Time, Time,Time,Time, Time was reviewed in the space early in 2016 (specifically April 5, 2016). At that time, Daystorm Music guru Gary Tanin added Time X 5 to the growing list of CDs he […]
Searching for an article to reference, I realized that the list has gotten a bit out of hand. Here is the CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING of FTV articles through 2016 (with 2017 being added to as time goes on) to make it easier to find past articles I may reference from time to time (who was it that […]
From the Vaults: Hendrix lives on Newsflash: I am no longer mad at Jimi Hendrix for dying the week before my 17th birthday. I am also no longer concerned that so many young rock stars flamed out at age 27, which by sheer coincidence happens to be the number of the day I was born. […]
“No one wants to see a drunken bluesman anymore”. Pretty profound words from Deak Harp who was just that and as a result, he was considered a five time loser (as in ‘failed rehab five times’), messed up, unreliable, and black balled by just about all the blues clubs in New York and Chicago. “They […]