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
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Publishing date: Mar 17, 2021 • 4 days ago • 5 minute read • Singer-songwriter Chad VanGaalen. Photo by Sebastian Buzzalino. jpg
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Chad VanGaalen likes to talk about gardening.
It’s a natural enough path to wander down when talking with the Calgary-based singer-songwriter. After all, his newest record is called World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener. It turns out he is a passionate gardener, albeit often a stressed-out one who drops numerous f-bombs into the conversation when discussing his occasionally underwhelming harvests of the past 10 years.
Singer-composer-guitarist Joel Jerome has no problem being told that his music is all over the place because, in his case, that’s a compliment. Even a cursory listen to his newest album “Chasing” reveals that he’s adept at writing and performing different styles of songs.
The easygoing, Neil Young-ish “Our Love” is a straight-ahead folkie love song. “Peaks and Valleys,” a poppy, driving tune that would have fit into the soundtrack of the ’60s, addresses the joys and difficulties of living life. “Next High” is a downbeat, very personal piece that looks at the drug abuse problems he saw going on around him in his hometown of Raymond, Maine. “Answering the Call” is a good, old-fashioned story song about the sinking of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp in World War II, with Jerome’s grandfather, who survived the attack, at the center of the tale.
Excellence Concert Series Welcomes CJ Drisdom
If you ve got the double-mask blues, and are still looking for a way to safely find some entertainment this weekend while
also celebrating Black History Month, Excellence in the Community has got you covered. Throughout the pandemic, the locals-focused community music event has adapted what were once live, in-person performances for the Gallivan Center Stage to a live-streamed event series instead, which takes place at the Gallivan Center. Each concert is free, and this month, the emphasis of each show has been on some of Utah s notable Black performers, including Bri Ray and the Junction City Blues Band. To finish the month off, one more performance is still to come, this time by CJ Drisdom, on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. Drisdom has performed for the Excellence series in the past, for another live-streamed event playing as CJ Drisdom and the Feel Goodz, a group which also featured Utah s rising pop star Jay Warren. This time, though,
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