Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Mr. Bacharach Goes To Houston
At one time or another in your life you’ve sung some element of a Burt Bacharach song out loud.
With a virtual warehouse chock full of hit singles, the now...
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: I Want Candi!
Photos courtesy of Bill Carpenter and Mario Casselli
It goes without question that one of music’s most seminal anthems depicting necessary assertion and cathartic independence is Gloria Gaynor’s 1979 classic “I...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: The Voice (‘Ooh Johnny Johnny Johnny’)
Black & white photos by Richard Avedon
Johnny Mathis didn’t need to come from a rock and R&B background to become one of the coolest entertainers ever.
Give a think as...
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: It’s Monks’ Time
Photos courtesy of Eddie Shaw
It goes without saying that 1966 proved to be one of the most pivotal years in the history of popular music.
Sure, we would get Pet...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: The Lovable Sweetness of Lime
Photo Courtesy of Denyse Le Page
Disco supposedly bit the dust on July 12, 1979.
The venue was Comiskey Park in Chicago where, during a White Sox-Tigers battle royale, a dumpster full...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Little Big Man On The Silver Mountain ~ The Recorded...
Photo Courtesy of Mickey Lee Soule
Before Ronnie James Dio became the undisputed godfather of heavy metal — replete with devil-horn gnarled hands — he was Ronald Padavona, frontman for...
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: Highly Strung ~ Hackett Revisited
Photos by Tina Korhonen
Steve Hackett’s fingers should be in the Smithsonian — given all they’ve created since the opening lines of “The Musical Box” came wafting in to introduce Genesis’...
