Joe Sasfy
Joe Sasfy wrote extensively for Washington DC paper Unicorn Times. He also wrote for the Washington Post and the Washington City Paper. He's currently involved with Citizen Vinyl, a pressing plant/cafe/bar/recording studio/record store in Asheville, North Carolina and owns a pizza parlor there as well.
14 articles
List of articles in the library
John Cale, Patti Smith: Patti Smith: Critics' Choice? Recycling With Patti
Comment by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, March 1976
PATTI SMITH and band are nothing more than some refried psychedelic/mysteriosio guitar fronted by some Shangri-La/Ronettes vocals emitting Doors/Rimbaud poetry — and they're great! ...
Overview by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, October 1976
THE CHILDE Harold could have billed it as a mini-folk festival. Mini 'cause only two acts appeared, Doug Sahm and his Texas Tornadoes on a ...
Jimmie Rodgers: The Hard Times and Blues of Mr. Country, Jimmie Rodgers
Retrospective by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, December 1976
IT'S REAL tough getting an angle on Jimmie Rodgers. Although he's been written about extensively — his short life plotted, his influences and influence crisscrossed, ...
The Damned, The Dead Boys: CBGB, New York NY
Live Review by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, May 1977
I SawThe Damned And The Dead Boys And Am Alive And Not Angry By Joe Sasfy, Doctor of Rockology ...
Profile and Interview by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, 1979
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT BY JOE SASFY ...
The Clash, Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Ritchie Coliseum, College Park MD
Live Review by Joe Sasfy, The Washington Post, 1 October 1979
ENGLAND'S CLASH brought their version of rock's civil war to Ritchie Coliseum Saturday night. By the time they ended their second encore, a hypersonic invitation ...
Live Review by Joe Sasfy, The Washington Post, 6 November 1979
D.C.'s METROPOLITAN Arts and Music Association has begun to fill an important void in the local music scene by bringing some of the more artistically ...
T Bone Burnett: Truth Decay (Takoma Records)
Review by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, October 1980
Prime Cuts from T-Bone Burnett ...
Review by Joe Sasfy, The Washington Post, 22 October 1980
Country to Count On ...
Review by Joe Sasfy, The Washington Post, 16 July 1982
Milsap Loses Soul; Pride's in a Rut ...
Rank And File: A String Tie And Safety Pin Affair
Interview by Joe Sasfy, Unicorn Times, February 1983
I LIKED Rank And File's music from the moment I heard a demo tape of theirs in Joe Patoski's livingroom in Austin in mid-1981. I ...
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins: Chips Moman's Memphis Revival
Report and Interview by Joe Sasfy, Country Music, January 1984
Legendary stars, legendary producers, legendary backup singers and a pretty hefty studio band all got together for Chips Moman's new Memphis album. The veteran producer ...
Profile by Joe Sasfy, Washington City Paper, 6 April 1984
THE "ANYONE can do it" amateurism that underlies the punk moment (circa 1976-1977) resulted in some of rock's most profound and explosive primitives. But an ...
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins: Sunrise In Memphis
Report and Interview by Joe Sasfy, Musician, February 1986
Nashville's Hottest Producer, Chips Moman Returns to the Birthplace of Rock ...
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