DISCoveries

Richie Havens: The Eternal Flame of Woodstock

Retrospective and Interview by Paul Gabriel, DISCoveries, August 1994

THE YEAR 1969, in rock music, was the culmination of the era of the huge outdoor concert festival. ...

Big Star: From Memphis to Columbia: An Interview With Jody Stephens of Big Star

Interview by Robin Platts, DISCoveries, January 1996

WHEN BIG STAR released their first record in 1972, it might have seemed that they were behind the times. Like Badfinger and the Raspberries, they ...

Black Sabbath: The Enduring Riff Rock Of Black Sabbath

Retrospective and Interview by Paul Gabriel, DISCoveries, June 1996

IT IS 1996, and there is still a Black Sabbath. Will wonders never cease? ...

Tommy Edwards: It's All In The Record Game: Tommy Edwards

Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, DISCoveries, August 1997

HERE'S AN UNLIKELY recipe for a hit record: take one melody written in 1912 by the Vice President of the United States, add some 1951 ...

Burt Bacharach: Anyone Who Had A Heart: The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Retrospective and Interview by Robin Platts, DISCoveries, December 1997

AS THE 1960s sped from Beach Blanket Bingo through Beatlemania to Psychedelia, Vietnam and beyond, the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David played on ...

Manhattan Rides The Range – Atlantic's Rarest Country Records

Discography by Pete Grendysa, DISCoveries, September 1998

NOW CELEBRATING 50 years in business, the Atlantic Record Company is submerged in the corporate swamp of an entertainment megalith. It didn't start out that ...

Brook Benton

Retrospective by Pete Grendysa, DISCoveries, October 1998

A MUSICAL SAGE once quipped, "If you write music, you're a composer. If you write words, you're a lyricist. If you do both, you're Cole ...

Lilac Time, The: Return To Yesterday: Stephen Duffy Gets Back With The Lilac Time

Retrospective and Interview by Robin Platts, DISCoveries, Spring 1999

EVERY ARDENT music fan has at least one artist who they feel deserves a much wider audience, a great musical talent overlooked by the masses. ...