Bernie, Author at Project Revolver

The Jazz Performance That Practically Started a Riot in 1956

BernieJune 23, 2015

Duke Ellington doesn't need much introduction. He's one of the biggest names, if not the biggest in the big band era of Jazz, and Jazz in general. With more tha...

Interview With Grey Season

BernieMay 27, 2015

Waking up early on a typical hungover Sunday becomes half as bad when it's a beautiful day outside. When you end up seeing a brilliant performance by a band...

Interview With Ramly: Where Do We Go Now?

BernieMay 19, 2015

It was a freaking cold night in one of the worst winters that Boston has witnessed, when I first saw Ramly perform in public. During an open mic session in an u...

Interview: LUMI and the Great Comeback

BernieMay 5, 2015

Although it's easy to think it's all been done before, there's something new, fresh and exciting about Lebanese duo LUMI, an electro-pop and glam punk band comp...

Mother Africa: 5 Albums To Check Out This Week

BernieApril 6, 2015

This week's edition has music from Africa, central America, the country of Leonard Cohen and the US of A. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) If b...

15 Songs That Defined Your Lebanese Childhood

BernieMarch 25, 2015

// Growing up in Lebanon has always been an exotic experience. From your over-friendly or overly-aggressive relatives, to the street-side barbecues ...

Diagnostic: 5 Albums To Check Out This Week

BernieMarch 23, 2015

Billy Joel - The Stranger If you've always felt like reading 9 short stories but never had the time, this album is the perfect solution for you. Meticulo...

Odetta Sings Dylan: 5 Albums to Check Out This Week

BernieMarch 16, 2015

This week, we have our first guest submission, and music that is a mix of Folk Rock, Indie, Blues and crowned by Ziggy Stardust. Old Crow Medic...

Dead Men Don’t Smoke Marijuana: 5 Albums You Should Check Out This Week

BernieMarch 9, 2015

For our first album suggestions post, we receive some love letters from Africa, take a trip to a snowy Jamaica all and finish by giant leap of genius Jazz. ...

If They Were Never to Break Up: Listen to The Beatles’ Black Album

BernieSeptember 17, 2014

Boyhood is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of this year. It follows the life of a boy from the age of 6 to the age of 18. Richard Linklater, the dir...

Listen to the Complete Beatles Discography In One Go

BernieJune 11, 2014

There are different points in our lives where we go back to playing those Beatles records and remember why they will always be the biggest band of all time. Fro...

The Instrumental That Introduced The Drum Solo to Rock

BernieApril 2, 2014

Ginger Baker is mostly known for his work with a band that went by the name of Cream. You might recognize the lead guitarist of this band, Eric Clapton. Cream was short-lived (1966 - 1968) but its legacy and influence on the history of Rock 'N' Roll are immense. Despite the fact that Ginger Baker hated to be called a Rock drummer (his idols were Jazz legends such as Max Roach and Art Blakey), the musical impact he created reached greats like Carlos Santana, Johnny Rotten and Stewart Copeland....