Lennon and McCartney go head-to-head yet again.
Ram was McCartney’s second solo album, released in 1971, and is a prime example of how popular music, on its release, is adjudged by so many factors other than music. Macca was in disfavour in 1971, regarded, wrongly, as the man who broke up The Beatles and also as the politico-spiritual lightweight of the quartet (Ringo has always been given a pass on these matters!). 50 years later, disconnected from all such blather,
Ram is a jolly thing, scrappy but fun, with an unpretentious thrown-together quality, songs such as lo-fi Beach Boys pastiche “Dear Boy” rubbing up against the entertainingly silly, music hall rockin’ ode to marjuana “Monkberry Moon Delight”. It does, indeed, sound like a man decompressing after the monumental, generational expectations placed on his previous band. In gatefold, it also comes half-speed mastered so sounds great. Lennon’s first solo effort, the
Pervis Staples, a co-founding member of the legendary gospel group, The Staple Singers, passed away suddenly on May 6, 2021 at his home in Dolton, Illinois according to Adam Ayers,
Kat and the Hurricane Performing Virtual Concert
Plus, a lesson in birding, watch a roast of a local celebrity and tune into a virtual visit from author Stephanie Dray. By Michael Holloway - Apr 8th, 2021 03:49 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Kat and the Hurricane. Photo by Britni Pettit photography.
There’s plenty to do in Milwaukee this weekend while practicing safe social distancing. The WMSE Rockabilly Chili is in full swing, so get out there and try out your favorite restaurant’s 2021 entry. The Mitchel Park Domes Spring Floral Show is open with social-distancing precautions put into place. Attend a bird walk at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, or head on over to the Sugar Maple for a celebrity roast of a Lakefront Brewery co-founder.
Written by Emily Morrow on April 1, 2021
If legendary jazz
musicians were collected together in one giant jigsaw puzzle and each musician
was one piece – Thelonious Monk’s individual piece would be impossible to cut
out. As a singular artist, his shape or place in jazz is too uniquely
non-conforming.
From a musical and historical standpoint, he is recognized as one of the first
creators of modern jazz and a major influence on the later development of the
Bebop movement. He influenced all its key players, along with helping mentor
both John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins in his 1940s quartet.
An innate
Riverwest Records: Elevating the Sounds of the Neighborhood to New Volumes
Brendan Demet has chased the sound of music his entire life.
It can be traced back to when he was seven years old when he first began playing music. At just 12, he landed a gig at a Summerfest side stage. By 16, he was performing regularly at Milwaukee bars, where he familiarized himself with Riverwest staples such as Bremen Cafe. Even while attending the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music during his college years, Demet spent most of his down-time embarking on short Midwest tours with his band. It only makes sense that after graduating from the conservatory and buying a house in Milwaukeeâs Riverwest neighborhood in 2016, that his new home would eventually become a creative hub for local musicians.