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: 10cc Attains High Art (For Art’s Sake)

Photos courtesy of Glass Onion PR Reflect back on the great 1970s British bands and you’ll see 10cc more than measures up to their competition. Equal parts irreverent and intellectual, the...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Sad-Eyed Sinatra ~ Rickie Lee Jones’ ‘Pirates’ Looks At 40

Select photos courtesy of Michael Halsband When Rickie Lee Jones set about making the follow-up to her smashing success of a debut album, she could have easily coasted with an...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “He Was Our Coach” (You Did Good)

Photos courtesy of Brad Long “It’s opening only in Indiana and it’s gonna open elsewhere in January, but I think they ought to open this one in New York and...

Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: White Punks With Hope – The Tubes ~ What Do...

Photo Courtesy of John Staley Photography The Tubes What Do You Want From Live On their second album, they sang about the glories of being “young and rich,” but by 1977, the...

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: America’s Second Coming (“Yes, I’m Back To Stay”)

America photo courtesy of MSO PR Gerry Beckley photo courtesy of Joe Beckley Ten years after taking home the Grammy for Best New Artist, perennial folk-rock group America found itself at a...

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: 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: How Do I Survive ~ Amy Holland at 40

Photos courtesy of Amy Holland February 25, 1981, marked one of the most important dates in singer Amy Holland’s life and career. Bolstered by the success of a Number 22 Billboard...