Last week Bob Dylan won the Nobel Peace prize for literature. A long deserved award. If we go down the list of true American musical poets Bruce Springsteen would be next. And right behind him, JASON ISBELL. ISBELL has created through his words and music a diorama of “real world” southern culture. His canvases paint pictures of the psychologically stunted, romantically broken, and the frustrated blue collar worker. His songs are short stories of love lost […]
Listening to HELLYEAH‘s newest release Unden!able (Eleven Seven Music) brought back many memories. In an earlier incarnation, I was a regular at L’Amours in Brooklyn. At one time, I actually lived only five blocks away. I remember stumbling out many a night with bleeding eardrums after unbelievable shows by Metallica, Slayer, and Guns and Roses. The energy in the club was intense. The music loud and pounding. Unden!able has that same feel. Put aside HELLYEAH‘s “super group” status. Put aside […]
