BJÖRK – Formely Known as The Artist When Prince passed away back in May, a friend and I disagreed on his place in music history. As many others, he was putting the "genius" stamp on...
LORDE – Beauty in Boredom Lorde's rise to fame late 2013, was a refreshing one. The young lady made a few statements right off the bat refusing her pictures to be...
CALEXICO – Welcome to Broken Heart Country In the late 90s and early years of this century, the Tucson, Arizona-based band Calexico was one of the most interesting ones of the indie rock...
Remember the pre-weird BJÖRK? To many ears, the Icelandic elf always has been weirder than your average rocker, but in the early days of her solo career, she still created pop...
DAVID BOWIE nails the perfect pop album If this album would have been recorded by anybody else but David Bowie, we would all be in awe. “Let’s Dance” is one of the best albums of the...
FEIST’s Silver Metal Shining Canadian singer songwriter Leslie Feist is the perfect example of a musicians who find success as she digs deeper in her personal feelings, while...
THE CURE – Three Minimalist Chords In the first half of the 80s, The Cure were a game changer band in the music world. Led by Robert Smith's songwriting skills and unique voice, the...
TOM WAITS In a unique place In the middle of the 80's jazz crooner Tom Waits reinvents himself and explores the darker side of things and, musically, creates music that is...
Your travel guide to world music pt 2: Norway’s ANNBJORG LIEN (Here is the 2nd article of Galileo's Travel Guide serie) It's often a general rule that extreme conditions breed fantastic music. Scandinavia's...
Your travel guide to world music pt.1: ALI FARKA TOURÉ and TOUMANI DIABATÉ It often still amazes me just how many different styles of music there are to listen to and how music varies from country to country. When you think...
BEASTIE BOYS’s Paul’s Boutique continues to WOW the music industry I am starting off by stating that the Beastie Boys have been an absolute staple of my musical life. Easily in my Top 5 of the ranking system. Even...
ROCK MUSIC died in the mid-seventies… My new music friend Rich Kretschmer made us discover New York City in 1977, his birth year, in his maiden article for RREVERB, on February 9. Popular...
Once upon a time in New York +birth of hip-hop, disco, and punk+ Being born in 1977 by way of Brooklyn NY my script had been written. '77 in The Big Apple was an enormous cultural shift and was often filled urban...
