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Pat Ginnelly – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. We got there early, my wife and I, anticipating a huge crowd. The Alex Skolnick Trio, Alex’s jazz ensemble, was playing at Red Square in Albany. I was eager to see Alex perform live, as I had enjoyed listening to the trio’s inaugural album, “Goodbye to […]
KT Tunstall – 20th Century Edition. An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. The last time we saw KT Tunstall was at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, on April 29, 2023. It was an exquisite performance. When she finished her set, I remember thinking, “That woman is made of music.” KT Tunstall, along with Vertical […]
Billy Gibbons – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. He has music in his genes. At 13, he learned Latin percussion rhythms from a master. At 17, his band opened several concerts for a guitar legend. He has a five-octave singing range. He likes to read books. He’s an ordained reverend. He is an artist, […]
Eddie Angel – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. They wear Mexican wrestling masks, a tradition which began with their first gig. Their songs are guitar instrumentals, in the tradition of the Shadows and the Ventures. Their name comes from their fondness for the word for a device used to restrain crazy people. They are […]
Weird Al Yankovic – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. I was a high school senior in the mid-1970s, living just west of Syracuse, NY. I was gifted a JVC receiver and speakers from my brother, who picked it up in Japan on his way home from Vietnam. With it, I discovered a Utica, NY […]
Edna St. Vincent Millay – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. She rocked the poetry establishment at the tender age of nineteen with “Renascence” (the British spelling), a neo-epic poem about nature, death, and rebirth that still resonates today. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 ($1000) for a collection of her works: “The Ballad […]
by Neoptolemus She rocked the poetry establishment at the tender age of nineteen with “Renascence” (the British spelling), a neo-epic poem about nature, death, and rebirth that still resonates today. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 ($1000) for a collection of her works: “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver: A Few Figs From Thistles: Eight […]
Joe Louis Walker – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. JLW’s latest effort, “Cold Is the Night: Reimagined,” just dropped on March 26. This work completes an arc with his first album, “Cold Is the Night,” now a blues classic, released in 1986. Give one or both a listen, and you will hear why the […]
Martin Barre Band – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. The legacy band Jethro Tull officially separated in 2011. From the ashes of that phoenix, the Martin Barre Band was born. Long considered one of the great rock guitarists, Martin Barre has continued delighting fans through seemingly non-stop touring. Along with Martin, Dan Crisp and […]
Metalheads all want to sing like Ozzy. It’s true. Whenever I go to a Walpurgis gig (a local Sabbath tribute band), they’re all singing along, especially to War Pigs. They know all the words — even if they don’t sound like Ozzy. But imagine if you really could sing like Ozzy? What would that be […]
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