The Desert Island Disc – every music fan, especially those who are critics, has one. Usually revered for both sonic beauty and a sense of neglected genius (See: Lester Bangs on the Shaggs’ “History of the World”).
For me, that record is Greg Copeland’s “Revenge Will Come,” which arrived in 1982 like a Molotov cocktail lobbed [...]
Archive for November 12th, 2008
Greg Copeland Returns
November 12, 2008Greg Copeland – In His Own Words
November 12, 2008If the measure of a great record is how it reveals itself over time, then Greg Copeland’s “Diana and James” is a masterpiece. It’s a blend of “Cold Mountain” musical textures and Cormac McCarthy literary elements like murder, regret and brooding historical reverie.
But its arrival, 26 years past Copeland’s incendiary debut album, still doesn’t unravel [...]
