Hear Tommy Live London 1969 Wednesday, May 13, 7:30 PM Boulder Theater, 2032 14th Street, Boulder 6:30 PM | Tommy and Rock Music’s Ambitious Turn– Presented by John Covach, Director of the University of Rochester’s Institute for Popular Music Or click here for season ticket options. Wear your grooviest 60s outfit. It’s […]
As a subscriber to a handful of Substack pages, I occasionally get automatically-generated emails offering a pick of recent pieces they think I will like. Today, that email suggested 3 really fantastic essays, including one which really stood out as quite special. All three ‘clicks’ today were well worth my […]
Oh Denise by Ken Woods and The Old Blue Gang There’s something wonderfully perverse about following up one of the year’s most critically lauded concept albums with what amounts to a three-minute bar-room knees-up. Yet that’s precisely what Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang have done with “Oh Denise,” […]
A vintage post from my classical blog. Still applies today! by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2015 | A view from the podium | 1 comment A study on the life arcs of 1980’s-era heavy metal fans has been making the news this week, and its main conclusion is no surprise to me: In fact, researchers find that former […]
Hi everyone I wanted to flag up a couple of songs from Silent Spike this month which I think suit the darkening November skies – the two acoustic numbers on the album, Lily White and Gather the Ghosts and Bones. A bit of music-nerd talk first [feel free to skip […]
“…a conceptual body of work that draws its listener close, unveiling his roots-rock project The Old Blue Gang. Over its duration, Woods digs into the forgotten anecdotes of the ‘Railroad Chinese’, which saw around 15,000 migrant labourers build the Transcontinental Railroad from 1863 to 1869. Recognised for his work as […]
“…a conceptual body of work that draws its listener close, unveiling his roots-rock project The Old Blue Gang. Over its duration, Woods digs into the forgotten anecdotes of the ‘Railroad Chinese’, which saw around 15,000 migrant labourers build the Transcontinental Railroad from 1863 to 1869. Recognised for his work as […]
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Click the title to read original Ken Woods And The Old Blue Gang Turn Grit Into Gold With Their Explosive New Track “Ride The Rails” Photos provided by: Barry Morris Gritty, spellbinding, and wildly cinematic—this is storytelling at its most powerful. “During the year 1893 a time of great economic […]
Click title to read the original “RIDE THE RAILS” by Ken Woods And The Old Blue Gang Levi Taylor Moore Hailing from the United States, Ride the Rails, the blistering debut single from Ken Woods and The Old Blue Gang, is a masterclass in storytelling through song. Drawing on deep […]
