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: 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: 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: Get Out What’s Inside Of You! (“Can You Tell Me...
Photo above courtesy of Armando@kinetic-image.com
One word I’ve found to be synonymous with the COVID-19 pandemic is “routine.”
Even as lockdowns begin to ease, there’s still not much I can find myself...
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: When Pride First Mattered
Photos courtesy of Charles Valentino and Chris Spierer
It took four individuals to propel the first — and, to date, most impactful — gay anthem into public consciousness.
Direct in its...
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: 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’...
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...
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...
