“Did I wait too long to turn the lights back on?” – Billy Joel, “Turn The Lights Back On” “No, you didn’t.” – BourbonAndVinyl.net I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be writing about a new Billy Joel song in 2024. I’ve been doing this blog for a while now and I’ve never…
“Run, run, runYou’re only flesh and boneRun, run, runAnd you’re out there on your own” – The Cult, “Flesh And Bone” While I’m on record as a big fan of the Cult, I have to admit I was late getting on the bandwagon. They were almost 20 years down the road when the Rock Chick…
We are not even out of January and it already feels like we’ve gotten more new music from B&V artists this year than we did in all of 2023. I’ve spent the last few weeks writing about all the new singles that have come out: Liam Gallagher with former Stone Roses guitarist John Squire’s new…
Now that the holidays have passed and we’re in that grey, horrible grip of winter signalling the slow slog that is January (and February, for that matter), I found myself succumbing to SAD – seasonal affect disorder. If you’re a fellow suffer, you’re not alone… reach out if you need help. I was beginning to…
It’s no secret that I’ve been a huge fan of the Black Crowes since I first heard “Jealous Again” while I was driving around in my car in 1990. Granted, it wasn’t until I heard “Hard To Handle” that I drove to the record store and bought their landmark debut Shake Your Money Maker, but…
Fridays are when new music, albums and single songs, get released. It used to be Tuesdays – which was admittedly strange (it was done to “game” the weekly charts) – but somewhere along the line the music industry switched it to Fridays which just works better for me personally. If I’m going to sip a…
Another new year has left me in a reflective mode. I just recently posted my 1974 Playlist, and as usually happens after looking back 50 years (when I was just a little kid), my mind drifts back 40 years when I was more cognizant, to 1984…and what a year! It was certainly not the dystopian,…
Let me start off on this, my first post of 2024, by saying a belated Happy New Year. Man, 2024… it’s a year that would have sounded like something out of science fiction when I was a kid. As usual it was a lovely Xmas followed by the Rock Chick’s immediate dismantling of all things…
Typically this is a pretty slow time here at the B&V labs. I usually post my “Best of” list (2023’s here), and take it easy until the New Year dawns. I’ve spent my holidays largely listening to Peter Gabriel’s new album and revisiting the Black Crowes’ masterpiece Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (Deluxe). I figured…
I can’t believe the Earth has made another journey around the sun and it’s already December and time for our annual, year-end, “Best Of” lists. It seems just like yesterday I was sitting around the B&V labs, dreading January – which thankfully wasn’t dry this year – researching music from 1973 for a playlist. When…