On Stage: Howard Jones is still a New Wave icon
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Howard Jones
Sometimes, when Howard Jones tours in the states it is as part of the Retro Futura Tour – a summertime tour that features bands from the 1980s playing short sets of their hits.
Jones didn’t even get to this area in summer 2017 because the tour’s closest date was Atlantic City.
The last time Jones did a show locally was last September at the...
On stage (Bonus): Pau Kelly sings about…death
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Paul Kelly and Charlie Owen
Over the years, there have been a variety of songs devoted to death including tunes that were hits for Johnny Cash (“Cowboy’s Lament – Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie”) and Hank Williams (“Six More Miles (To the Graveyard).”
Last year, Australia’s legendary singer/songwriter/rocker Paul Kelly released a whole album of...
