Greg Gaston

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2 time Emmy Award & Murrow Award winning Sportscaster. Host of Mornings on @Sports56WHBQ. PXP, Analyst ESPN+/Learfield Alum/U of Maryland. Jersey Boy.

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Sound Advice: Brent Cobb Brings Ain’t Rocked in a While Tour to Newport

3 weeks ago | citybeat.com | Greg Gaston

With his eclectic recordings encompassing country, gospel and folk through six records of evocative roots music, Brent Cobb decided it was high time to pick up the electric guitar. The Ellaville, Georgia, singer-songwriter is releasing Ain’t Rocked in a While, his seventh record, this summer — and the punchy title understates his intent. It’s also the first record accompanied by The Fixin's, his touring band.
The Pixies: The Night the Zombies Came

2 months ago | theabsolutesound.com | Greg Gaston

A A A Led by Black Francis, the Pixies have performed with many incarnations since their debut in 1988, breaking up in 1993 and then reuniting to tour in 2004. Releasing new music since 2014, this influential Boston band forges on with their just-released The Night the Zombies Came, a playful collection of dark, quirky songs that echo their prime years. A surreal lyricist who likes to play with words, Francis implants a horror motif that cavorts through some Zombie songs.
Sound Advice: The Driver Era’s ‘Obsession Tour’ Hits Cincy Soon

Mar 5, 2025 | citybeat.com | Alanna Marshall |Greg Gaston

The Driver Era, the musical duo made up of brothers Rocky and Ross Lynch, is making a stop at the Andrew J Brady Music Center on their “Obsession Tour” this month, bringing their groovy sound and thrilling performance style along for the ride. The two are no strangers to the music industry, as they started out in R5, a pop-rock band that consisted of two additional members of the Lynch family, Riker and Rydel, and their family friend, Ellington Ratliff.
Eels: Eels Time!

Nov 8, 2024 | theabsolutesound.com | Greg Gaston

A A A As the leader of Eels, Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) has made a career of crafting moody and quirky music that offers consistent catharsis. Band members come and go for live performances, but in the studio E’s multi-instrumentalist vision blooms whole and intact. His 15th album, Eels Time!, continues to deliver emotionally affecting songs stacked with intimacy and insight.
Southside Johnny Discusses Impressive Career Ahead of Cincinnati Show

Oct 2, 2024 | citybeat.com | Greg Gaston

When you think of New Jersey, certain iconic images are evoked: the Shore and boardwalk, The Sopranos, Atlantic City and a vintage style of horn-fueled rock-n-soul music. John Lyon, a Neptune, New Jersey, native, has been playing and exporting this music around the world for almost 50 years now. Better known as Southside Johnny for his early love of Chicago blues, Lyon and his band, the Asbury Jukes, recorded their classic debut, I Don't Want to Go Home, in 1976.
Pearl Jam: Dark Matter

Sep 13, 2024 | theabsolutesound.com | Greg Gaston |Pearl Jam

A A A It’s impressive to learn that, three decades into their career, Pearl Jam can still summon the passion for Dark Matter, their 12th record. The albumlacks an overall theme, but that works in its favor as its streamlined sonics and hard rock edge echo the band’s early records with throwback ferocity. The opening barrage of “Scared of Fear” and “React, Respond” crackles with the frantic crunch of Stone Gossard and Mike McCready’s steely twin guitars.
R.E.M.’s Up Turns 25

Aug 3, 2024 | theabsolutesound.com | Greg Gaston

Every great band faces an identity crisis at some point. Often, when a founding member leaves, the remaining bandmates must reconfigure their sound anew. This can lead to amazing results and a new direction for a group—or, more often, disaster. To their credit, when R.E.M. recorded their 11th album, 1998’s Up, in spite of a personnel change, the band was able to radically reshape their sound and deliver one of the best records of their iconic career.
Car Seat Headrest: Faces from the Masquerade

May 21, 2024 | theabsolutesound.com | Greg Gaston

A A A To close out 2023, Car Seat Headrest released its first live record, Faces from the Masquerade,and it’s a rousing performance. This Seatle-based indie group’s lo-fi, guitar-based music and affected vocals suggest influences like Guided by Voices and the Strokes, but the last studio record, 2020’s Making a Door Less Open, emphasized clean, electronic arrangements over kinetic guitar, which was a definite change in sonic direction.
Van Morrison: Accentuate the Positive

May 17, 2024 | theabsolutesound.com | Greg Gaston |Van Morrison

A A A The generation of aging classic rockers has reached an epidemic of mortal attrition, yet some elder titans (Dylan, McCartney, Young, and Jagger, for instance) still display exceptional savvy, effort, and talent. Let’s add Van the Man to this iconic list. With Accentuate the Positive, the 78-year-old Van Morrison revels in a boisterous blend of early rock ’n’ roll and R&B covers.
John Moreland Brings Modern Dust Bowl Balladry to Cincinnati

Apr 3, 2024 | citybeat.com | Greg Gaston

This story is featured in CityBeat's April 3 print edition. Straddling the Southwest heartland, Oklahoma has been the home of many roots music artists, from Woody Guthrie to Bob Wills to Leon Russell. Keeping in this folk/country tradition, singer-songwriter John Moreland offers his own 21 st century update of dust bowl balladry. Though born in Texas, Moreland and family resettled in Tulsa, OK, which he still considers home.

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