Sweet – Healer
The Mystic Heart of Hard Rock: When the Sweet Searched for Salvation in Sound To truly appreciate “Healer,” you must first understand the ground the band Sweet stood on in…
The Mystic Heart of Hard Rock: When the Sweet Searched for Salvation in Sound To truly appreciate “Healer,” you must first understand the ground the band Sweet stood on in…
The Ghost in the Machine: When Glam Rock’s Heaviest Band Went Abstract If you were a fan of Sweet in the 1970s, you knew them as the architects of stadium-sized…
When Love Was Simple: The Quiet Intensity of a Family Pop Anthem The year was 1970, and the world was simultaneously reeling from the tumult of the late sixties and…
The Heart of the West: A Timeless Ode to the Cowboy Spirit There is a quiet, yet profound depth to the Western music of Marty Robbins, a depth that goes…
Possum’s Last Stand: The Ballad of a Life Redeemed There are certain songs, friends, that feel less like a recording and more like a confessional—a straight-up piece of autobiography delivered…
Sweet’s explosive, hard-rocking cover turns a Motown classic into a massive, unforgettable stadium anthem. Oh, the mid-1970s. The decade was a kaleidoscope of sound and fashion, and few bands embodied…
When Glam Rock Got Gritty: The Heart-Pounding, Unvarnished Soul of the Sweet Ah, The Sweet. Say the name, and for many, a torrent of glittery, teenage-scream anthems immediately comes to…
When Glam Rock Got Heavy: The Existential Panic of a Band Fighting for Freedom Ah, the mid-seventies. For the real aficionados of rock history, that era represents a pivotal, fascinating…
The Velveteen Voice: The Timeless Embrace of a Classic Ballad There are certain songs, woven into the very fabric of our collective memory, that instantly transport us back to a…
When the Heavens Opened, a Golden Voice Found the Silver Lining There are certain songs, much like old photographs, that instantly transport you back to a specific time, a distinct…