Music Blog - Entries tagged “Zaph Mann”
CD Review: Three remarkable albums to resurrect American folk music?
The renaissance of North American folk music may have more than transient substance. Three albums from Or~The Whale, The Darling Downs and a compilation of Kath Bloom songs - sung by her and covered by current artists - blur the new frontier.
Review: The Woods - Sellwood's classy new venue.
A truly memorable opening night at Portland's latest music venue 'The Woods' - a transformed former funeral parlour wound up with a dance-off for Michael Jackson.
Review: Eric John Kaiser and Tété - Rescuing the Pre-Punk Baby?
In Britain, when Punk happened, it all but wiped out the pop/rock music that had dominated until then, including the good like Al Stewart, Johnny Nash, Stevie Wonder. Now, in a much updated form, two French artists may have recovered the lost art of pop/rock balladeer.
Zaph Mann on Music - Review: Rachel Taylor Brown, Laura Barrett and Vanessa Peters
How do three young women, each with vocal talent and appeal, distinguish themselves and create music to express their view of life?
Y La Bamba: Interview - I Don't Like A Box, But I Need A Box
Eye-to-eye with Zaph Mann, Luz Elena talks about swans, God, Leonard Cohen, recovery from illness and a suppressive upbringing; a six-toed white cat and, of course, Y La Bamba's genre-defying music.
