Fred Roberts/Music

Fred Roberts/Music

Musical Molotovs: Burn and Bludgeon   By Fred Roberts, Music Editor Wilhelmine Show Me the No No No In time for the January 20 inauguration of America’s 45th president, the venerable Austrian institution Wilhelm Show me the Major Label has pulled off a coup of...
Fred Roberts / Dispatches

Fred Roberts / Dispatches

Fred Roberts photo The Pinpricks are a trio fronted by Ronja Kaminsky. *** Dispatches from the Other Side Music Editor Fred Roberts takes a look back to 2016, which was a rich cultural year — and here, without ado, follows a roundup of some of the highlights…...
Fred Roberts/Music

Fred Roberts/Music

Fred Roberts photo The husband and wife team of Henrietta Jacobson and Julius Adler, long time stars of the Yiddish theater on the Lower East Side, recorded on the Sun label. *** Sun Records   Introduction Mention the record label Sun and the first associations...
Fred Roberts/Music

Fred Roberts/Music

Crystin Moritz photo *** The Brilliant Dilettantes: Modern experiments in Art & Music    Introduction One often hears the deliberately misspelled term “geniale Dilletanten” in Germany used to describe a performance that floats in the realm between...
Music Review / Fred Roberts

Music Review / Fred Roberts

© 2015 Julia Kausch The Hoodoo Two Werewolves Ravage Rostock   by Fred Roberts Contributing Music Editor   T he Blues are alive and well in the Warnow Delta of Rostock, Germany. The Louisiana Bayou, home of the evil eye, mojos and spells, isn’t just a...