Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Rock’s Sultans Swing For The Fences ~ Dire Straits ‘Love...
Dire Straits photo courtesy John IIlsley
Dire Straits
Love Over Gold
Dire Straits has been eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2003. Fifteen years later, the...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Discovering Japan
Late in 2021, revered Japanese label Nippon Columbia released a compilation album entitled TOKYO GLOW, which explores city pop, funk, and soul from Japanese artists recorded in the late...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “And The Gods Made Love” ~ Eloy’s Wave Of Brilliance
Photos courtesy of Frank Bornemann
I will admit, there have been many times during this pandemic when my brain has been consumed by more negative thoughts than positive ones. Fear,...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Belew’s Bear Necessities
Photo above courtesy of Rob Fetters
Take a second and think about some of the music legends you admire. Chances are, you could easily play a game called “Six Degrees...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Exile On Easy Street
Photo Courtesy of Exile
In 1978, the Gibb brothers and younger sibling Andy engaged in a six-month-long ping-pong-like domination over the Billboard Hot 100, volleying one iconic hit to fans...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Follow Me ~ The Musical Majesty Of Demis Roussos
Photos courtesy of Rosmarie Kaiser
One of the greatest singers to ever grace the planet never had a Top 40 hit in America.
While you’re likely to be more familiar with his...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: The Kings Are (Still!) Here
Photo Courtesy of Deborah Samuel
The Kings
The Kings Are Here
They had the attitudes of punks and the chops to be a Canadian Beatles.
The story of how I discovered The Kings...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Exposure (“We Are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy”)
Photos courtesy of Terre and Suzzy Roche
Forty years ago, guitar legend Robert Fripp unveiled two of his most unique album efforts — neither of which bared the King Crimson label.
First,...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Oh Doctors!
Photos courtesy of Jeff Severson
For a brief shining moment within the new wave era, one group hailing out of Washington, D.C. came, saw, conquered, and went completely overlooked.
Yet a listen...
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...
