by Sean Passmore | Feb 15, 2025 | Album of the Week, Blog
Darlene Love: Queen of Rock & Roll When reflecting on music that shaped the soundscape of the 20th century and beyond, Darlene Love stands tall; a powerhouse vocalist whose career has spanned more than six decades. Her 2015 album, Introducing Darlene Love, has...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 4, 2025 | Blog, Xmas Stuff
Brian Wilson’s Beach Boys’ Christmas Album: A Surfer’s Yule In the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll, few bands have managed to capture the essence of summertime bliss like the Beach Boys. Yet, in 1964, they made a surprising pivot toward the...
by Sean Passmore | Jan 3, 2025 | Blog, Xmas Stuff
The Beach Boys’ Unreleased Albums: The Lost Sounds of Adult/Child and Merry Christmas From The Beach Boys – Part 10 of The 12 Records of Yule In the kaleidoscopic history of American rock music, few bands have captured the essence of California cool quite like...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 14, 2024 | Music U Need 2 No
“Sketches of Smile” is a track taken from Brian Wilson’s 2021 Decca album At My Piano, an album of Beach Boys’ songs originally written by Wilson and rearranged by the composer for solo piano.
by Sean Passmore | Jun 26, 2024 | Album of the Week, Blog
With all due respect to this legendary wizard of songcraft, it ain’t over until the fat man sings. Having just recently celebrated his 82nd birthday, Brian Wilson now finds himself suffering from the ill effects of dementia as well as the loss of his longtime...
