Plato reputedly once said, “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” Exemplary of that statement was the “Pre-Con Season Post Con-Cert” at The Heist in Bowling Green, Virginia. On the evenings of Friday, February 21st,…
Once upon a time, in the year of our Chuck 2004, a band named “Bowling for Soup” released a song called “1985”*. (If you can really identify with “1985” and thus can’t make out the words to a rock song anymore, I’ve posted the lyrics at the bottom of my story. They’re too good to…
Dick Jr. and the Volunteers released their sophomore album, Fistfights and Hug-Outs, in March of this year (2024). The ten tracks are primarily alt-country, southern rock, or ‘y’alternative,’ as front man Richard Speight, Jr. might say, with a couple of pleasant surprises thrown in. Overall, it makes for a well-rounded, bingeable album. Exactly three months…
Steve Carlson’s Blood and Bones: Worth the Wait I could have told you earlier, but then I would have had to kill you. It is surreal that over the past twelve months, Steve Carlson fans from around the world have had the privilege of knowing (consciously or not) which songs would be included on…
It’s Spring, which means it’s that time of year again when beer aficionados and Supernatural fans alike make their pilgrimage to Dripping Springs, Texas and the taproom of Family Business Beer Company (FBBC). As is now ‘official Witkowski sibling policy,’ my brother Douglas and I make sure to have a sibling weekend at least once…
When Steve Carlson dropped his latest album, Christmas Wish, I didn’t want to review it. I just wanted to snuggle on my couch in front of the faux fireplace and let the new tunes keep me warm. Even the brief snippet I wrote for The Riff felt like too much work. I did it anyway…
A purposeful departure from previous work, the core of Radio Company emerges intact. Intro It’s important to understand my physical and mental state as I was composing this review. Many folks have experienced illness that results in voice changes. Saint Ignatius knows, I sound like I’ve gargled glass over the past several weeks and my voice…
You can’t fall in love with someone’s music unless you know about it. On Sunday, January 8th, I attended a StageIt performance by Steve Carlson. These are fairly regularly scheduled events lasting about 30 minutes and at a cost of “pay-what-you-can.” Steve, as you might recall from my last review, is Jensen Ackles’ musical partner in…
Exceptional music comes to those who wait and wait and wait By Christine T. Carmichael, unapologetic Radio Company evangelist and academic librarian ? Music is well said to be the speech of angels. — Thomas Carlyle Interior: Analog-at-the-Hutton, 8PM CST Fans of Radio Company have been waiting years for the group to perform live. Tonight,…
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