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: Treat It As A Good Thing – Jon Anderson...
Photo Courtesy of Stan Johnson
Before Amazon entered my life, I was forced to hunt for hard-to-come-by CDs the old-fashioned way — in America’s many, many Goodwill stores.
In one such...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: I, Carly
Photos courtesy of Lennie Petze
Before Carly Simon formally “let the river run,” she first got her groove back.
Fifteen years into an already landmark career, the songsmith behind such beloved radio...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: The Sweet Green Icing Of Success ~ In Defense Of...
Photo by Henry Diltz
"You don’t mean to suggest that someone
would criticize ('MacArthur Park')?
I mean, my God! (laughter)"
– Jimmy Webb, March 2018
Based on its compositional structure alone, “MacArthur Park” should...
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: 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: 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: Billy Cobham’s Vital Transformation ~ Billy Cobham’s ‘Spectrum’
Photo Courtesy of Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
Spectrum
Billy Cobham became a legend well before releasing his debut solo album. Prior to 1973, the Panamanian drummer by way of New York cut...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: Royal Orleans
Photos Courtesy of Lance Hoppen
In 1976, the group Orleans came within reach of superstardom.
With two tender Top Five singles under its belt — “Dance with Me” and “Still the...
Ira Kantor’s Vinyl Confessions: “Could You Tell Me How To Get To Carnegie Hall,...
Photos courtesy of Annie Haslam, Michael Dakota and William James
Throughout the decades, Carnegie Hall has been a benchmark of both cultural history and performance virtuosity.
Artists and bands spanning...
