New York Artists

The Lou Reed Trilogy

American Artists, Articles by Edgar Rider, New York Artists

by Edgar Rider   Imagine being a young 19 year old being exposed to a rock star who had a pretension for creating literary rock albums. Most of my childhood during the eighties, […]

Largo

1998 Albums, American Artists, Irish Artists, New York Artists, Pennsylvania Artists

Originally planned to be The Hooters sixth studio album, Largo became a much larger and more complex project which involved top-notch talent from across the rock spectrum in both style and era. The […]

Zebra

1983 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy Zebra The rock trio Zebra existed with almost equal measures of three critical stripes – love, hate and indifference. The group’s dedicated fans point out the melodic dynamics present with group leader […]

Turnstiles by Billy Joel

1976 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy Turnstiles Turnstiles is , in a lot of ways, the “growing up” album for Billy Joel. Even though he was only in his mid twenties at the time of its production (which […]

There Goes Rhymin’ Simon by Paul Simon

1973 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy There Goes Rhymin’ Simon For his second post-Garfunkel effort, Paul Simon found a nice sonic balance with There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. This album is bookmarked by two of his top pop hits […]

The Velvet Underground & Nico

1967 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

The Stranger by Billy Joel

1977 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, Classic Rock Review Album of the Year, New York Artists

Buy The Stranger There is a bit of irony in The Stranger being our selection as Album of the Year for 1977. Don’t get me wrong, this is a great album by Billy Joel. […]

The Royal Scam by Steely Dan

1976 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy The Royal Scam We’ve all heard of the genre called “outlaw country”. But with Steely Dan‘s 1976 fifth studio album, The Royal Scam, the group put forth a collection of songs that […]

The Rhythm of the Saints
by Paul Simon

1990 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy The Rhythm of the Saints Ever the artist searching for a new, authentic sound, Paul Simon went to Brazil and employed the heavily percussive samba known as Batucada for his 1990 album, […]

The Nylon Curtain by Billy Joel

1982 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, New York Artists

Buy The Nylon Curtain After much commercial success with his previous albums, Billy Joel really branched out to new musical territory on his eighth studio album, The Nylon Curtain. On this album, the […]