by talkfromtherockroom | Jun 4, 2026 | Reviews, Take One
Now spinning in the rock room is the Mamas and the Papas August 1967 single, “Straight Shooter,” the strutting flip side to “Twelve Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)”. The track first appeared as an album cut on the group’s February 1966 number...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 11, 2026 | Reviews
The rock room is a huge fan of unrealized and unreleased musical documents. The special moments where an artist is caught up in the throes of creativity, he or she’s defenses down. Private home recordings, demos, and studio experimentation. While these recordings can...
by talkfromtherockroom | May 1, 2026 | Reviews
The newest addition to what is now The Claypool Lennon Delirium trilogy, The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy expands and refines the “progadelic” sound Sean Lennon has used to describe the duo’s creative partnership. The album is a cautionary tale told...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 12, 2026 | Reviews
Blues for Dexter Linwood, the new album from fingerstyle 12 string guitarist and blues interpreter Todd Albright, was produced by Charlie Parr for Detroit based record label Misfortune Records, Albright’s approach and sound harken back to pre-war acoustic blues and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 14, 2026 | Reviews
Available on March 17, 2026, via NOLA Blue Records, The Alexis P. Suter Band featuring Garth Hudson, Just Stay Live, captures an intimate evening recorded at the Falcon in Marlboro, NY in 2011. The release is a live document of the Suter band blasting their way...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 4, 2026 | Live Reviews, Reviews
On the evening of March 3, 2026, The Winter of Warren, flurried into the Kodak Theatre in Rochester, NY bringing with it a blustery assemblage of improvisational rock and blues by The Warren Haynes Band. The road truly goes on forever for the Grammy Award winning...
