[ purchase Breaths, a compilation of two Sweet Honey in the Rock Albums ] The first In Memoriam post that I wrote here (in 2011) was my ...

[ purchase Best in Show, a World Party greatest hits compilation ] We’re back again for some In Memoriam posts, honoring some of those fr...

 [ purchase Product ] Robin Lumley and John Giblin were members of Brand X at various times.   I’ve written before about Brand X , a jazz-ro...

[ purchase The Quarrymen Live in Penny Lane, featuring Chas Newby on bass and vocal ] You’re a teenage (left-handed) bass player, and a f...

  As my co-blogger and friend Jordan noted: SMM returns at least briefly for remembrances of music people who passed on in 2023. Sadly, ther...

[ purchase Bachman-Turner Overdrive II ] Hey, Star Maker Machine fans, we’re temporarily back.   At least as long as some of our writers ...