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‘Double Fun’: ‘A Different Type Of Focus’ For Robert Palmer

When Robert Palmer released his fourth album Double Fun on March 1, 1978, his status in his native Britain was a contradiction. A growing critical...

‘Anytime…Anywhere’: Rita Coolidge’s Breakthrough Album

Despite having five solo albums under her belt, Rita Coolidge had not yet achieved the commercial breakthrough that had long been predicted for her. The...

‘Empty Rooms’: When John Mayall Got A Case Of Folk-Blues

It’s an album whose title is so redolent of the feelings that the blues can create. Empty Rooms is the second John Mayall album released...

‘Clube Da Esquina’: Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges’s Masterpiece

The cover of 1972’s Clube Da Esquina perfectly encapsulates the music and the context that surrounds it. In the photograph, two young boys perch by...

reDiscover Gong’s Expresso II: The Album That Introduced The Pierre Moerlen Era

Arguably the greatest recording of the Pierre Moerlen era, Gong’s 1978 album, Expresso II, found the collective at the peak of their powers. Following the...

How The Chairman Of The Board Conquered Caesar’s Palace In March 1982

Caesar’s Palace, with its grandiose, Roman-themed architecture, was Frank Sinatra’s preferred choice of venue in Las Vegas after his 13-year association with The Sands hotel...

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