In 2015, I wrote about the recording of Bruce Springsteen’s rock-and-roll anthem “Born to Run” on the album’s 40th anniversary, which led to the unveiling of a historic plaque placed at the site a year later. I revisited and updated the story on the album’s 50th anniversary. Click on the link below for the full story.Continue reading “‘Born to Run,’ Born in the Burbs 50 years ago”
Category Archives: Music
Think you’ve got a big record collection? Think again
Imagine if you had three million LPs, 45s, 78s, cassettes and CDs representing about 100 million songs. Not to mention more than three million photos, videos, DVDs, books, magazines, sheet music and memorabilia. And then you found out you had to move. Here’s my latest article on the “Noah’s Ark” of record collections … https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2024/02/12/staatsburg-ny-archive-of-contemporary-music-relocating-collection/72353782007
He’s worked with Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama and E. Jean Carrol
He’s taught at Rockland Community College for more than a half-century, published books with some of the world’s most respected thinkers, produced albums by blues, jazz, pop stars and poets. He’s a behind-the-scenes guy worthy of some attention. Oh, did I mention I had him as my professor and advisor? Meet Richard Connolly, my longtimeContinue reading “He’s worked with Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama and E. Jean Carrol”
Where music’s wedged onto the menu
A venerable Italian deli in Westchester County, NY, turns into a music venue on Friday and Saturday nights.
Jewel of a jazz club hits a high note
Mark Morganelli’s move from Manhattan to Westchester was about the best possible outcome for local jazz fans. This trumpeter/producer/impresario has brought the music to the parks, the riverfront and the concert halls for years. For the past five-plus years, he and his wife, Ellen Prior, have been building a backstreet success story with their JazzContinue reading “Jewel of a jazz club hits a high note”
Dancing with, and to, The Dead
A faded 19th century mansion where ghosts of the past are close at hand seems just the right place to pay tribute to The Dead.
Will urban sprawl claim this historic treasure?
Descendants of this tiny village’s founding family are putting up a fight against encroaching urban sprawl and a disregard for historic preservation. Photo by John Meore for The Journal News
Music fest stays true to its roots
Veteran DJ Bruce Figler has curated another strong lineup for the Pleasantville Music Festival, mixing A-listers with locally grown talent.
Hit-making studio legend recalls Springsteen’s breakthrough recordings
Brooks Arthur, the engineer behind hit records by Carole King, Neil Diamond, Janis Ian, and the Shangri-Las, was the founder of 914 Sound Studios. Photo by Betsy Hammer
‘The record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance!’
The early recordings that would one day be part of a catalog that would earn Bruce Springsteen $550 million were captured in a music studio in an abandoned garage in suburban New York – not Asbury Park.
Robert Brum 