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“Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does”
Is the debut album cursed?
Many reviewers have said this, all a lot more experienced than this one, but an old idea is a good idea; bands have their whole life to record their first album, no-one is listening and much of the time no-one is waiting for it.
Christian Kane – Part Two
Live in London is an acoustic set performed by Christian and Steve; it’s more intimate acoustically but does not lack any of the energy of the full band recordings. The Live In London is a closer representation of the UK gigs this month. Perhaps listen to this set if you are at all daunted by the country music tag, because this will give you a chance to hear the music and the lyrics in a rawer setting without the other guys. In this collection and on the night in Liverpool you can really hear Steve and Christian play off each other in the songs as well as between them. Their chemistry shines through and they set the songs off well.
“Do we get the thumbs up?” - Christian Kane Part One
Kane are a band started by Christian Kane and Steve Carlson. Buffyverse fans are no stranger to Christian, if they have heard LA Song on the Angel soundtrack. However, as Christian himself was quick to point out to me, “I didn’t write that song, David Greenwalt wrote that song…” Read the rest of this entry »
Coming, as this album does, after a three year break during which Bruce had been written off as ‘yesterday’s man’, you would expect some difference between Born To Run and Darkness On The Edge of Town but the differences are major and they served as a sharp signal of where future Springsteen material would go. Gone are the romantic ideas of “getting to that place where we wanna go” and walking in the sun. In there place a harsher, more realistic tone. We are left in no doubt that running away is not the answer. The characters on Darkness are staying in town and working through their own personal darkness. Read the rest of this entry »
