Posted in September, 2017

Trevor Sewell

  Trevor Sewell is a Brit, originally from England’s North East, a land that gave rise to Eric Burden and the Animals back in the day and that remains steeped … Read more

Depeche Mode

Photos by Ehud Lazin Depeche Mode presented their Global Spirit Tour Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the first of two sold out nights. It’s been almost three years to … Read more

Rusty Young

Rusty Young’s roots stretch all the way back to Buffalo Springfield, but he’s best remembered for the steel guitar virtuosity he brought to Poco, another seminal American band. Poco literally … Read more

Paul Thorn, the hammer, nailing it down

Photos by Gene Lazo   Elmore had an interesting conversation with the peripatetic Paul Thorn, whom we last saw at a traditional concert venue, and again at sea. Currently, Thorn … Read more

The Knast

Don’t count The Knast among those eager to shovel more dirt on rock ‘n’ roll’s grave, although its obituary has been written at least a thousand times in the last … Read more

The Waterboys

Thirty-five years on and across a dizzying array of lineups, the Waterboys hardly resemble the traditionally-sounding British Isles band that gave us Fisherman Blues and Room to Roam. Leader/vocalist/composer Mike … Read more

Leo Kottke

Photos by Ann Spooner Steve Winwood gave an interview in the mid-seventies to a guitar magazine advising anyone who wants to study guitar to listen to Leo Kottke—if only to … Read more

Elles Bailey

Elles Bailey is a young UK blues singer-songwriter with more than a spark of promise. Last year, she turned out a powerful, well-produced EP to whet the appetite, a release … Read more