Ron Hart

New Jersey

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Editor at Rock and Roll Globe

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The Sisters of Mercy's Debut LP Gets Deluxe Treatment for 40th Anniversary - Rock and Roll Globe

1 week ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

It was 40 years ago this past March 11th when The Sisters of Mercy released their debut LP First And Last And Always on the group’s own Merciful Release imprint. It would mark the first album from their most iconic lineup, which included the addition of Dead or Alive’s Wayne Hussey replacing departing guitarist Ben Gunn, who left the fold in 1983.
Rick Derringer Gone at 77

1 week ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

Rick Derringer, whose career in popular music spanned six decades, has died. Though no cause of death has been revealed at press time, a message from the acclaimed guitarist’s friend and caregiver Tony Wilson posted on Facebook announced the news of his passing. “Rick Derringer received his wings and passed on this Memorial Day,” read the note.
WATCH: Secret Monkey Weekend Shares ‘Walking Between Raindrops’

1 week ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

America’s coolest family band, Secret Monkey Weekend, is back with a new album called Lemon Drop Hammer that’s out on June 6th. Made up of Durham, NC rock luminary Jefferson Hart and his two stepdaughters, Ella (bass/vocals) and Lila Brown-Hart (drums/vocals), exhibit a sparkling pop chemistry on par with The Bangles and The dB’s across these 10 new tracks produced by the legendary Don Dixon (The Smithereens, R.E.M.).
Stereolab Return With Instant Holograms On Metal Film - Rock and Roll Globe

1 week ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

Stereolab are back from a 15-year studio absence with a fantastic new album, Instant Holograms On Metal Film. Speaking on the album’s creation, Tim Gane says: “The idea to record a new LP came into focus around spring/summer 2023 and we started recording in January 2024. There were no rehearsals, as usual. We started again from scratch. ‘Always a beginner’ is my attitude to things, just feeling my way through.
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1 week ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

Maynard James Keenan asked the audience packed into Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center for a simple request before starting the show on Saturday, May 17: Be present. As hammered home by the deluge of signs and stickers on the backs of each seat in the Pavillion, cameras and camera phones were strictly prohibited during the second annual Sessanta festival featuring Keenan’s two bands outside of Tool — Puscifer and A Perfect Circle — and their buddies in Primus — now with new drummer John Hoffman.
The Gotobeds Hold a ‘Masterclass’

2 weeks ago | villagevoice.com | Ron Hart

Pittsburgh punk rockers The Gotobeds are back after a six-year absence, with a new lineup and a sharp new LP called Masterclass. After releasing a trio of formidable albums on Sub Pop — 2016’s Blood // Sugar // Secs // Traffic, 2017’s Fucking in the Future, and 2019’s Debt Begins After 30 — the Beds have returned to 12XU, which released the group’s 2014 debut full-length Poor People Are Revolting.
WATCH: Buick Audra Shares ‘It All Belonged to Me’

2 weeks ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

On June 13, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and Grammy Award winner Buick Audra will release her new album Adult Child. Self-produced by Audra, the record was crafted across two Nashville locations: Sound Emporium Studio A, and her own Fort Knockout Studio. “This project comes from two different places.
WATCH: Common Holly Shares ‘Terrible hands’

2 weeks ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

Montreal’s Brigitte Naggar is back under the aegis of her nom de plume Common Holly with a new album to be released on June 13. Entitled Anything glass, this forthcoming collection of songs is Naggar’s third under the Common Holly handle, cut live in the studio with her touring band in a bid to give these tunes the sonic immediacy they require.
SAVAK Translates ‘American Vernacular’

2 weeks ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

Hot off the heels of last year’s Flavors of Paradise, Brooklyn’s SAVAK (all caps) quickly returns with their 7th LP, SQUAWK!Sohrab Habibion, Michael Jaworski and Matt Schulz are celebrating their 10th year together as a unit — a trio of indie rock/punk vets whose tenures in such bands as Obits, The Cops, Holy Fuck, Edsel, Virgin Islands, Enon and more have enhanced the group’s own “mixtape” approach to the rock ‘n’ roll landscape over this past decade.
Candice Night Goes Back to the Beach

2 weeks ago | rockandrollglobe.com | Ron Hart

Candice Night is known primarily as the singer and multi-instrumentalist of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore’s longtime post-Deep Purple outfit Blackmore’s Night. However, this spring the Long Island native stepped out on her own to release a new solo album, her first in a decade. Entitled Sea Glass, it’s Night’s third effort and finest yet, finding her looking at her life through a prism that radiates multiple colors like the smooth rocks glistening up from the shallow end of the Atlantic Ocean.