Romeo Pomodoro
Article Category: Inquire of Romeo
Dear Romeo, Like many of your correspondents in the past, I’d like to use your column as a forum for a problem I feel has gone unaddressed for far too long in this area: mixed race relationships. My girlfriend, who I’ll call “Julie,” is a fantastically attractive and highly successful African- American woman and I’m a young, professional white male. I’ll admit that Julie is something exceptional — I do love her after all — but all that doesn’t... [Read more...]
Ken Mageau
Article Category: Wine Life
Wine 101: The Continuing Saga of French Wines Where was I when we ended last month? I do remember that I got a screaming headache taking about French wines. I hope to get through all of it in this issue so we can cover something more pleasant. French wines are spectacular, but the attitude? Not so much. So let’s finish Bordeaux. In Médoc, in 1855, a consortium of growers, shippers and merchants judged all of the wines of the region in order of their quality, and the classification of the... [Read more...]
Lance Stardancer
Article Category: Horrorscopes
PISCES: All your friends hold you in high regard for your inventive cooking skills. Your lovers, however, find obvious fault with your infamous “Pepper Spray Chicken Cutlets” recipe. Loosen up, will you? Love is just around the corner. ARIES: People flock around you for your sunny disposition, but flee in droves from your frequent rainy periods. Your incontinence has ruined far too many of their couches. TAURUS: There was a time when being called “cocksure” was considered... [Read more...]
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Paolo Conte Reveries Nonesuch, 2003 Often described as Italy’s answer to Tom Waits, Paolo Conte, while similarly eccentric and oddly charismatic, bears nothing more than a passing tonal resemblance to the gruff bohemian icon. Conte’s weathered voice supplies plenty of broody mood, but his real charm lies in the way he can shift from style to style — cabaret; Neapolitan folk; jazz; French chanson, and tango — without sounding hackneyed. Whether you know Italian (or French,... [Read more...]
By: Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
The Stephan Michael Connection The Stephan Michael Connection combine the sounds of soul and funk with the lyrics of familiar classics — sweet soul music and funky dance tunes from Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and Sam and Dave to the soulful rock n’ roll of Van Morrison, J. Geils, Bill Withers, and Billy Preston. They wanted to call themselves the Cluster Funks but thought their mothers might object. Growing up in the Detroit area, it’s easy to see how... [Read more...]
By: Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
Nancy Kelly Nancy Kelly’s vocal style is a study in phrasing, style and swing. She’s both old school and new. She’s experienced, yet her delivery and ideas are fresh. She can take a song and turn it up or down, and leave you believing that it was meant to be exactly that way. It takes great jazz chops to do that, and Kelly’s are superb. She has earned many awards and enlisted fans from around the globe. Nancy began her musical career with piano lessons at age four in her hometown of Rochester,... [Read more...]
By: Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
DAMION SUOMI and PALEFACE As dedicated Resident readers should already know, Cocoa Beach-based singer/songwriter Damion Suomi crafts elegant, drink-fueled lamentations and explosive, midtempo rockers with one ear cocked toward the dusty world of alternative country and the other bent toward the Irish tradition. Suomi spent a number of years filling time in various local bands before striking out on his own, and his eponymous debut album, a collection of tunes that were “birthed from pubs, drinks,... [Read more...]
By: Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
CAN’T HANG Can’t Hang has “It” — that indescribable quality that draws people in. “It” could be the tight rhythm section, the booming bass, the unique, punky-dub guitars, or the reggae-infused songs noted for their smooth vocals and catchy melodies, but the four-piece have an ability to turn any crowd of boring sitters into dancing fans. Made up of vocalist Luke Mysko, guitarist Steve Lynch, bassist Rob Eisenhut, and drummer Alex Crowley, Can’t Hang have... [Read more...]
By: Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
Ben Wilson Strange Dogs CBJS; 2009 “Easy Listening,” within the parlance of music criticism, is usually invoked with snobbish derision and aimed at the unchallenging, watered-down compositions of John Tesh or Yanni. It has however become a legitimate genre unto itself, one in which several honest musicians have flourished. Local singer/songwriter and guitarist Ben Wilson isn’t one of their ilk, at least not in the strictest sense, but his latest CD, Strange Dogs, could definitely... [Read more...]
