Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Singer Of Songs, Teller Of Tales ~ Paul Davis Remembered
Photos Courtesy of Ed Seay
His name is somehow synonymous with yacht rock but don’t let this misnomer fool you. The late, great Paul Davis should really be considered a...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: ‘Did I Hear You Say That This Is Victory’ –...
It’s doesn’t matter that it’s been 50 years; Blue Öyster Cult remains one of rock music’s most underappreciated bands.
Here we have a powerhouse collective where democracy (at least for...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “Come On, You Little Fighter” — Supertramp’s ‘Famous’ Followup
Band Photos Courtesy of John Helliwell
Regardless of its commercial stature, Supertramp is one those unique rock bands that never seemed to get a break – enduring its fair share of...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: One-Take Wonders – The Knack’s Supposed Sophomore Jinx
Photos courtesy of Prescott Niles
Their journey has been depicted as both a Cinderella story and one of music’s most epic fails.
Yet there can be no denying that for (at...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: The Power of Collaborative Gold ~ Dan Fogelberg & Tim...
Photo by Norman Seeff
Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
Twin Sons of Different Mothers
“This album constitutes a collaboration, experimental in nature, between Tim and myself. It is an attempt for both...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Don’t Forget Me – Glass Tiger’s Roaring Debut
In less than a decade’s time, the phrase “Take my breath away” made three separate musical acts pop luminaries in the states, albeit for microcosmic moments.
In 1979, teen mainstay...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Gone Solo
Photos courtesy of Georgia Rose Lucas
Ethereal, whimsical, and utterly ahead of her time, Alexandra Elene MacLean “Sandy” Denny was one of the more beautiful and fragile artists to envelop...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Shaking It Up Solo ~ Benjamin Orr’s ‘The Lace’
Photo Courtesy of Diane Grey Page
Benjamin Orr
The Lace
“The reason it took me so long to do a solo project is that nobody asked me to do one before...”
— Benjamin...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “Touch The Sun And Run” ~ The Association Go To...
Photos courtesy of Russ Giguere
Every Sunday night when I was growing up meant movie night with my father. Usually my sister and I would pick from a round robin...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Tennessee Studs (Foggy Mountain Breakthrough)
Within the sphere of popular music in Nixonian-era 1972, there’s an interesting hybrid of commercial acts. Teen idols, hard rockers, proggers, female belters, country crooners, soulsters — nothing is...
