HEALTHY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT I appreciate that Healthy Food For Thought, an album with such a precise focus that could easily have become overpowering and preachy (especially at a hefty 120 minutes), takes a mixed bag approach to delivering it’s worthwhile message. The subtle, often humorous, […]
The Sound: Many decades worth of Rock & Roll style. In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Bill Harley, Brady Rymer, Dan Zanes, Uncle Rock, Rhythm Child, Starfish – or, simply put, they sit with themselves. Best Moments: This disc (available June 29th) is loaded with Grammy Award talent; Nominee Brady […]
I dunno, but if the little ones who listen to music, read books and play apps on our iPhones grow up to save our planet, then yeah, I guess all that stuff can actually help the Earth. It not perfectly linear, I’ll admit, but by-golly I can draw the connection […]
Robert Burke Warren aka Uncle Rock graced the stage earlier in the day, lending lead vocals to “Roncando” (from Dean Jones’ “Rock Paper Scissors”) during Dog on Fleas’ set. He returned in the PM to rock the Western Massachusetts crowd. With the assistance of his son Jack on vocals, and […]
UNCLE ROCK “THE BIG PICTURE” The Sound: Rock(abilly)-n-Roll with oodles of honest-to-goodness heart and soul. In the Cafeteria, They Sit With: Brady Rymer, Rocknoceros, Trout Fishing in America, Dean Jones Best Moments: “There is No Away”, featuring the harmonizing Elizabeth Mitchel, is a non-preachy, insightful eco-message song that belongs high […]
A nearly last minute, quick heads-up for NYC-area readers: This Sunday at The Bowery Poetry Club there’s another special musical fundraising effort, this time specifically for the children of Haiti. It’s called Kids Helping Kids. A $5 (minimum) donation goes straight to an orphanage in the island country. You may […]
Uncle Rock’s new album “The Big Picture” isn’t out just yet, but you can preview 5 of the new cuts on MySpace. My favorite of the bunch is the meditative “There Is No Away”, kind of a kissing-cousin to Hayes Greenfield’s equally solemn “The Things We Throw Away”. It’s an […]
