VIRTUAL DIGS

ALEX E.T.’S COLOR OF STRANGE

Mining a similar hazy lysergic territory as the Grip Weeds, Los Angeles songwriter/musician Alex E.T. displays smooth, flowing vocals over layers of…

Oct 2 • 

Steve Rostkoski

September 2025

VIRTUAL DIGS: COSA NOSTRA

The self-titled Cosa Nostra album is a very tasty slab of Mexican psychedelic funk from 1971.

Sep 27 • 

Steve Rostkoski

VIRTUAL DIGS: FOXHEADS STALK THIS LAND

Scotland’s indie pop band Close Lobsters released their first LP Foxheads Stalk This Land in 1987.

Sep 19 • 

Steve Rostkoski

NIGHTFALLS by Willy DeVille

This is an excerpt from a series of reviews I wrote titled Revolution of the Heart about my favorite songs.

Sep 12 • 

Steve Rostkoski

WILLIE NILE: A LIVE NYC ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ODYSSEY

Even well into his seventies, quintessential New York rocker Willie Nile is still known for his high octane live shows.

Sep 6 • 

Steve Rostkoski

August 2025

VIRTUAL DIGS: CIRCUS

This 1969 eponymous Circus LP represents the first recorded appearance of sax player and session musician Mel Collins, an early and recent member of…

Aug 22 • 

Steve Rostkoski

VIRTUAL DIGS: NOT A WORD ON IT

Another musical legend gone.

Aug 15 • 

Steve Rostkoski

VIRTUAL DIGS: WE HAVE MET TOGETHER

In doing research for this dig, I sadly discovered that Irish musician and scholar Mick Moloney had just passed away in his Greenwich Village apartment…

Aug 8 • 

Steve Rostkoski

A SINGER'S TRILOGY

My collection of Frank Sinatra recordings largely consists of two career-spanning box sets.

Aug 1 • 

Steve Rostkoski

July 2025

THUNDER ROAD by Bruce Springsteen

This is an excerpt from a series of reviews I wrote titled Revolution of the Heart about my favorite songs.

Jul 20 • 

Steve Rostkoski

SONGWRITER PROFILE: MICKEY NEWBURY

Mickey probably wasn’t better known because everyone thinks Elvis wrote “An American Trilogy.” They think Kenny Rogers wrote “Just Dropped In.” Mickey’s…

Jul 10 • 

Steve Rostkoski

June 2025

VIRTUAL DIGS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES

OK, Leonard Cohen lite anyone?

Jun 27 • 

Steve Rostkoski