Sam Falson was born in Sydney Australia & spent a lot of his time trekking between the States & the United Kingdom in his younger days. His nickname comes from an Aussie radio icon, called Sammy Sparrow (don’t think I’ve ever heard of him). While he is a relative new comer at the time of [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Sam Sparro (Self titled)
Posted in Reviews on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dirty Mind – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah! The third Prince album. As we all know, it was this album that finally made him break out on his own as an artist. Before this LP was released, he was only ever slyly hinting towards anything sexual, but when “Dirty Mind” came out, he was no longer holding back. He was gonna speak [...]
BOO! – Was (Not Was)
Posted in R'n'B, Reviews on June 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a heck of a long time between drinks for those two wacky fellas who commanded us to “Walk the Dinosaur” all the way back in 1988. Some say it’s been twenty years, others claim fifteen. Wikipedia says their last album was released in 1990, so I guess that means it’s really been eighteen [...]
Fallen Is Babylon – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Posted in Reggae, Reviews, Ziggy Marley on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This album was the eighth one for Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers. It was originally released on Elektra Records in 1997, but unfortunately seemed to be another one of those records that fell on the general public’s deaf ears. Seems like there weren’t any singles lifted from the album either, as I don’t seem [...]
Kaya – Bob Marley and the Wailers
Posted in Reggae, Reviews on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Originally released on March 23, 1978, the thirteenth studio album by Bob Marley & The Wailers was named after their all time favourite substance: marijuana. Yes, it is true, “Kaya” is in fact a Jamaican code word for Ganja, “that sticky icky, icky,” cannabis, da bomb, the reefer, the shit, the herb….and ecetera. The [...]
Chaka Khan live in Concert, Saturday June 14th 2008.
Posted in Reviews on June 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I arrived at the Enmore Theatre at around twenty to eight. Soon as I was ushered to my seat, Marcia Hines hit the stage. Now, I must say, I wasn’t exactly looking too forward to seeing this woman, cuz let’s face it, I’m far from a Marcia Hines fan. As a live performer, she wasn’t [...]
The Phantom of the Opera at the Lyric Theatre.
Posted in Reviews on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes folks, you heard it right….or should that be, “you read it right?” You get the idea, I most certainly checked this show out. That may seem highly unlikely, being that I usually focus on the funk/soul and generally ‘urban’ side of things when it comes to music.
Emancipation (Disc III) – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The third and final disc of Prince’s “Emancipation” album was, just like its initial installment, musically quite an adventurous disc, covering such genres as funk, rock, and even a little bit of techno and hip hop. Personally this was the one that I found myself going back to back when the sprawling trilogy of discs [...]
