by Sean Passmore | Oct 25, 2024 | Blog
CHAPTER 2 – Woodstock 99: Day 1 – From The Hardest Working Man in Show Business to Nu Metal’s Coming Out Party! by Gregory Martin It was Friday morning. Day one of three was upon us. There was lots of buzz and anticipation in the air for the festival to...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 5, 2024 | Blog
The Greg Martin Woodstock 99 Experience – Pt 1 by Gregory Martin CHAPTER 1 – WE’VE ARRIVED It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since that life changing weekend in July of 1999. It all happened in the small town of Rome, New York. I’m of course talking about the...
by Sean Passmore | May 16, 2024 | Album of the Week, Blog
The 1990s gave rise to the creation of the Tribute Album, a sneaky new way for record companies to simultaneously sell and promote new emerging acts on the backs of older, established artists and their respective catalogues. And seeing as John Lennon is more...
by Sean Passmore | May 8, 2024 | Blog
In the 1960s and 70s, Philadelphia soul reigned supreme in the music world, with its distinctive blend of funk, soul, and R&B. The genre, also known as Philly soul or The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP), was characterized by its lush strings, horn...
by Sean Passmore | Jul 20, 2018 | Album of the Week
George Clinton, the Godfather of Funk, is back, back after a 38-year-old break between Parliament albums and, damn, it’s been worth the wait. With Prince’s tragic and untimely passing having left an irreplaceable gap in Afrofuturism’s all too narrow field of...
