Written Words
Feature Stories
Jerry Wexler - 1917 - 2008
Popdose Top of the First (best albums of the first half of 2008)
Tony Palmer For the Love of Music
Frank Sinatra Once Upon A Time
Justin Currie Going It Alone
Danny Federici An Appreciation
Buzz: Interview with Mark Eitzel of American Music Club
Solo in San Francisco
Reverb A Green Rock Revolution
Levon Helm Midnight Rambler
Say it Loud On Finding James Brown
D.A. Pennebaker Take a Look
Rick Barry Shrinking the Pond (Cover Story)
James Brown Remembering the Godfather of Soul
2006 Top Albums of the Year
Bob Dylan The Riddle Resolved? (Cover Story)
No End for the Bitter End
Dion Return of the Wanderer
Alejandro Escovedo Resurrection
Words and Music Jimmy Webb
Remembering The Beatles
Brian Wilson Our Journey To SMiLE
Christina Eliopoulos Asbury Park Filmmaker Celebrate's City's Past, Fears For Its Future
Short Stories
Turn Around, Look at Me
Concert Reviews
Jimmy Webb at Sanctuary Concerts, Chatham, NJ - January 26, 2008
Brian Wilson at Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ - May 12, 2007
Graham Parker - Maybe Pete at The Wonder Bar, Asbury Park, NJ - May 5, 2007
Levon Helm Midnight Ramble, Woodstock, NY - April 28, 2007
Steve Winwood at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ - October 7, 2006
Sufjan Stevens - My Brightest Diamond at Town Hall, New York, NY - September 29, 2006
Steely Dan - Michael McDonald at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ - August 23, 2006
Bruce Springsteen - Seeger Sessions Band at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ - June 24, 2006
Radiohead at the Theater at Madison Square Garden - June 13, 2006
Pearl Jam at Continental Airlines Arena, E.Rutherford, NJ - June 3, 2006
Donald Fagen at the State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ - March 1, 2006
Brian Wilson at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ - August 12, 2005
Lucinda Williams at the State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ - August 5, 2005
David Sancious at Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ - July 18, 2005
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson at Yogi Berra Stadium, Clifton, NJ - June 30, 2005
Bruce Springsteen at the Paramount Theater, Asbury Park, NJ - April 22, 2005
CD Reviews
Conor Oberst - "Conor Oberst"
Randy Newman - "Harps and Angels"
Ry Cooder - "I, Flathead"
Emmylou Harris - "All I Intended To Be" (Disc of the Week)
Dennis Wilson - "Pacific Ocean Blue"
The Hold Steady - "Stay Positive"
Centro-matic/South San Gabriel - "Dual Hawks"
Amos Lee - "Last Days At The Lodge" (Disc of the Week)
Patti Smith and Kevin Shields - "The Coral Sea"
Fleet Foxes - "Fleet Foxes"
The Black Angels - "Directions to See a Ghost"
Augustana - "Can't Love, Can't Hurt"
Supergrass - "Diamond Hoo Ha"
The Fave - "Tomorrow's June" (Disc of the Week)
Brian Fitzpatrick - "Worse For Wear"
Jamie Lidell - "Jim" (Disc of the Week)
Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - "Roll With You"
Otis Redding - "Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul"
Matthew Ryan - "Matthew Ryan vs. The Silver State"
Al Green - "Lay It Down"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!"
Was (Not Was) - "Boo!"
Van Morrison - "Keep It Simple"
Daniel Lanois - "Here Is What Is"
Jaymay - "Autumn Fallin'"
Duffy - "Rockferry"
American Music Club - "The Golden Age"
Kathleen Edwards - "Asking For Flowers"
Gutter Twins - "Saturnalia" (Disc of the Week)
Jackson Browne - "Solo Acoustic Vol. 2"
Bob Mould - "District Line"
Mike Doughty - "Golden Delicious"
The Whigs - "Mission Control"
Shelby Lynne - "Just a Little Lovin"
Nada Surf - "Lucky"
Marah - "Angels of Destruction" (Disc of the Week)
Joe Jackson - "Rain"
Dion - "Son of Skip James"
U2 - "The Joshua Tree: 20th Anniversary Remaster"
Mark Knopfler - "Kill to Get Crimson"
Matt Pond PA - "Last Light"
Linda Thompson - "Versatile Heart"
Bob Dylan - "Dylan" (Disc of the Week)
Josh Ritter - "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter"
Lyle Lovett - "It's Not Big It's Large"
Babyshambles - "Shotter's Nation"
The Raspberries - "Live On Sunset Strip"
Justin Currie - "What is Love For"
Okkervil River - "The Stage Names"
The Milwaukees - "American Anthems Vol. 1"
The Commons - "American Ghost"
deSol - "On My Way"
Crowded House - "Time on Earth"
Jennifer Warnes - "Famous Blue Raincoat: Twentieth Anniversary Edition"
The Editors - "And End Has a Start"
Jimmy Webb - "Live and at Large"
Kim Richey - "Chinese Boxes"
Taylor Mills - "Lullagoodbye"
Holtz - "Leaving New York"
The National - "The Boxer" (Disc of the Week)
Richard Thompson - "Sweet Warrior"
Son Volt - "The Search"
The Storys - "The Storys"
Alex Brumel - "Alex Brumel"
Slo-Mo featuring Mic Wrecka - "Smokey Mountain"
Detroit Cobras - "Tied and True"
Lucy Kaplansky - "Over the Hills"
Ian Hunter - "Shrunken Heads"
Bright Eyes - "Cassadaga" (Disc of the Week)
Kings of Leon - "Because of the Times"
Modest Mouse - "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" (Disc of the Week)
Richmond Fontaine - "Thirteen Cities"
Dr. Dog - "We All Belong"
Of Montreal - "Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?"
The Frames - "The Cost"
Patty Griffin - "Children Running Through"
Lucinda Williams - "West" (Disc of the Week)
Tom Waits - "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards" (Disc of the Week)
Los Lobos - "The Town and the City"
Matthew Ryan - "From a Late Night High-Rise"
Mindy Smith - "Long Island Shores"
The Pernice Brothers - "Live a Little"
The Hold Steady - "Boys and Girls in America"
Hem - "Funnel Cloud"
My Morning Jacket - "Okonokos"
Barenaked Ladies - "Barenaked Ladies Are Me"
Lindsey Buckingham - "Under the Skin"
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - "What's Going On?"
Ray Lamontagne - "Till The Sky Turns Black"
Bob Dylan - "Modern Times" (Disc of the Week)
Gov't Mule - "High & Mighty"
Steve Earle - "Live at Montreux"
P.F. Sloan - "Sailover"
Twilight Singers - "Powder Burns"
Mission of Burma - "The Obliterati"
Soul Asylum - "The Silver Lining"
Grandaddy - "Just Like the Fambly Cat"
The Raconteurs - "Broken Boy Soldiers"
Willie Nile - "Streets of New York"
Public Enemy - "Rebirth of a Nation"
Rhett Miller - "The Believer"
Minus Five - "Minus Five"
Eric Burdon - "Soul of a Man"
Rosanne Cash - "Black Cadillac"
OK Jones - "Push / Pull"
Ray Davies - "Other People's Lives"
Matt Pond PA - "Several Arrows Later"
Steel Mill - "The Dead Sea Chronicles"
Marah - "If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry"
Paul McCartney - "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard"
Maybe Pete - "Between the City and the Stratosphere"
Marah - "20,000 Streets Under the Sky"
DVD Reviews
LOVE - "LOVE Story"
Mink DeVille - "Live at Montreux 1982"
The Doors - "Classic Albums"
The Byrds - "Under Review"
Les Paul - "Chasing Sound!"
Tim Buckley - "My Fleeting House"
U2 - "Zoo TV Live from Sydney"
Marah - "Sooner or Later in Spain"
Gram Parsons - "Fallen Angel"
Travel Writing
Solo in San Francisco
Odyssey Cruises - Washington, D.C.
Atlantic City Hilton Hotel & Casino
Other Articles
Two River Theater Company - Season Preview 2005 - 2006