John V's Eclectic Avenue

Looking for a couple of excellent songs to liven up your summer? Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men have just the explosion of power pop ...

What do the hit songs “Eli’s Comin” by Three Dog Night and “Wedding Bell Blues” by The Fifth Dimension have in common? They were written by ...

The world of film noir is full of murder-filled cityscapes, rain-slicked streets and doomed characters, but one of the bleakest and most cyn...

Dennis Lehane has written some well-regarded novels, including Mystic River and The Given Day. I first became aware of Lehane when I read ...

Tribute albums can be a tricky enterprise. To properly honor the music of a renowned artist, the people involved with the project have to ap...

If you’re going to make a modern day noir thriller, you can go about it in a couple of ways. You can go the subtle route, and the result wil...

If you're the type of fan who longs for those halcyon days of turning on your transistor radio and listening to songs by bands like Ambr...