Aidan Moyer, Author at Atwood Magazine https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/aidan-moyer/ For the Love of Music Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:35:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://atwoodmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Atwood-Magazine-Circle-Logo-2020-32x32.png Aidan Moyer, Author at Atwood Magazine https://atwoodmagazine.com/author/aidan-moyer/ 32 32 68941247 We Can Shake It With Love When We’re Scared: John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’ Box Set Review https://atwoodmagazine.com/jlmg-john-lennon-mind-games-deluxe-box-set-album-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/jlmg-john-lennon-mind-games-deluxe-box-set-album-review/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:56:43 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=201679 In a sprawling 5-hour collection, with no less than 6 versions of each song from the original tracklist, the new ‘Mind Games’ deluxe set favorably contextualizes a hidden gem of John Lennon’s solo catalog. © Aidan MoyerRevisited and remastered by Sean Ono Lennon, the new ‘Mind Games’ box set re-centers Yoko Ono’s contributions to John Lennon’s mid-seventies work and provides diehard fans with auditory artifacts and Easter Eggs.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/jlmg-john-lennon-mind-games-deluxe-box-set-album-review/feed/ 0 201679 Without a Song or Dance, What Are We? The ABBA Voyage Experience https://atwoodmagazine.com/abvg-abba-voyage-review-2024/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/abvg-abba-voyage-review-2024/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:28:47 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=201548 Pop pioneers, stage musical mavens, now hologram heroes - ABBA take to the virtual stage in London’s ABBA Voyage © Aidan MoyerAfter half a century of indelible hits and a quarter-century of sold-out theatrical engagements, ABBA enter the holographic realm in London’s ABBA Voyage, now in its third year.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/abvg-abba-voyage-review-2024/feed/ 0 201548 No End and No Beginning: Inside the ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Soundtrack https://atwoodmagazine.com/dpwv-deadpool-and-wolverine-movie-soundtrack-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/dpwv-deadpool-and-wolverine-movie-soundtrack-review/#respond Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:20:34 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=201232 I can feel your power: 'Deadpool & Wolverine' sees Ryan Reynolds joined by Hugh Jackman, clad for the first time in a comic book cowl and ballistic unitard © Aidan MoyerIn ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds team up for a send-off to a bygone era of comic book films and the songs that soundtracked them.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/dpwv-deadpool-and-wolverine-movie-soundtrack-review/feed/ 0 201232 Seen a Shooting Star Tonight: 2024’s Outlaw Music Festival Rocks New Jersey https://atwoodmagazine.com/omf24-outlaw-music-festival-2024-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/omf24-outlaw-music-festival-2024-review/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:33:37 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=200889 Outlaw Music Festival 2024 © Aidan MoyerLegends made flesh, magazine covers and album gatefolds come to life... A true who's who held court and performed at New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center as a part of this year's Outlaw Music Festival!]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/omf24-outlaw-music-festival-2024-review/feed/ 0 200889 Sentimental Jamboree: A Paul McCartney 82nd Birthday Celebration https://atwoodmagazine.com/pmoc-paul-mccartney-one-hand-clapping-wings-eyes-of-the-storm-review-music-feature-2024/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/pmoc-paul-mccartney-one-hand-clapping-wings-eyes-of-the-storm-review-music-feature-2024/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:11:09 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=198860 Three Hands Clapping: Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney and Denny Laine circa 1974. They remained the core trio of Wings until the band’s dissolution in 1981. © Aidan MoyerAtwood Magazine’s Aidan Moyer reviews 'One Hand Clapping' and Paul McCartney: Eyes of the Storm, on display at the Brooklyn Museum through August 18.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/pmoc-paul-mccartney-one-hand-clapping-wings-eyes-of-the-storm-review-music-feature-2024/feed/ 0 198860 Something ‘Bout it Feels like Home: An Interview with Pat Monahan of Train https://atwoodmagazine.com/train-pat-monahan-interview-music-feature-2024/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/train-pat-monahan-interview-music-feature-2024/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:47:45 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=198436 Train's Pat Monahan © Aidan MoyerIn anticipation of their Summer Road Trip tour with REO Speedwagon and Yacht Rock Revue, Train frontman Pat Monahan talks onstage arguments, Spider-Man soundtracks and Hey Soul Squires with Atwood’s Aidan Moyer.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/train-pat-monahan-interview-music-feature-2024/feed/ 0 198436 Another Lennon-McCartney Original: James McCartney Teams with Sean Ono Lennon on “Primrose Hill” https://atwoodmagazine.com/jmph-primrose-hill-james-mccartney-sean-ono-lennon-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/jmph-primrose-hill-james-mccartney-sean-ono-lennon-song-review/#respond Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:24:29 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=196213 Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney originally shared this selfie in August of 2018, captioned “peekaboo.” McCartney held a guitar under his arm, forecasting their recent collaboration for his forthcoming album © Aidan MoyerJames McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon team on the tender "Primrose Hill," marking their first co-write – but not their first collaboration – in a dual family history that is immortalized in the annals of music history. In the summer of 1957, two schoolboys played hooky and scrawled a song in a composition book. They’d only recently learned of each other’s songwriting hobby and, in a sendup of the Rodgers-and-Hammerstein duos of the day, decided to signify their collaboration as a portentous moment. Atop the page they wrote the title, “Too Bad About Sorrows,” and a caption: ‘Another Lennon-McCartney original.’]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/jmph-primrose-hill-james-mccartney-sean-ono-lennon-song-review/feed/ 0 196213 Today’s Song: Dhani Harrison Takes a Mystical Celtic Stroll on “I.C.U” https://atwoodmagazine.com/icu-dhani-harrison-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/icu-dhani-harrison-song-review/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 09:00:46 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=192579 Dhani Harrison: Montage of stills from Joel Kazuo Knoerschild’s “I.C.U” music video, featuring the Celtic rune Ægishjálmur, which translates as magic helmet or “Helm of Awe” © Aidan MoyerDhani Harrison embarks on an introspective journey on the dreamy “I.C.U,” the sprawling closer to his intimate sophomore record 'INNERSTANDING.']]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/icu-dhani-harrison-song-review/feed/ 0 192579 Sooner or Later it Comes Down to Fate: Billy Joel’s “Turn the Lights Back On” Marks a Triumphant Return https://atwoodmagazine.com/tlbo-billy-joel-turn-the-lights-back-on-song-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/tlbo-billy-joel-turn-the-lights-back-on-song-review/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:03:36 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=192429 Billy Joel at 21, standing in Cold Spring Harbor; 28, stratospheric success with ‘The Stranger’; 44, eyeing pop retirement; 74, turning the lights back on. “Thirteen albums was good enough for the Beatles, it’s good enough for me!” © Aidan MoyerAfter a three-decade hiatus, Billy Joel makes a graceful and welcome return to pop songwriting with his wistful new ballad, “Turn the Lights Back On.”]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/tlbo-billy-joel-turn-the-lights-back-on-song-review/feed/ 0 192429 The River Flows At Its Own Speed: An Interview With Dhani Harrison https://atwoodmagazine.com/dhig-dhani-harrison-interview-music-feature-innerstanding-2024/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/dhig-dhani-harrison-interview-music-feature-innerstanding-2024/#respond Sun, 07 Jan 2024 08:30:07 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=191032 Dhani Harrison collage © Aidan MoyerDhani Harrison discusses self-reflection, glass-shattering gigs, Nostradamus powers, AI de-mixing, and his sophomore record 'Innerstanding.']]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/dhig-dhani-harrison-interview-music-feature-innerstanding-2024/feed/ 0 191032 Wenner’s Reckoning: Re-Framing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame https://atwoodmagazine.com/rrhf-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-reframing/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/rrhf-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-reframing/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:10:45 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=188767 Re-Framing the Rock Hall © Aidan MoyerBuoyed by the recent dismissal of former figurehead Jann Wenner, and performances by legends including Chaka Khan and Missy Elliott, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame crackles with a renewed energy in its 38th year.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/rrhf-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-reframing/feed/ 0 188767 Now and Then: The Long and Winding Road to the Last Beatles Song https://atwoodmagazine.com/now-and-then-the-beatles-song-review-music-feature/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/now-and-then-the-beatles-song-review-music-feature/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:30:48 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=188165 Now and Then: The Long and Winding Road to the Last Beatles Song © Aidan MoyerWith the aid of Peter Jackson's recording technology, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr revisit a John Lennon ballad for "Now and Then," a poignant coda to The Beatles' recording legacy.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/now-and-then-the-beatles-song-review-music-feature/feed/ 0 188165 Guilty Pleasures? There’s No Such Thing: A Defense of John Mayer https://atwoodmagazine.com/live-john-mayer-2023-concert-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/live-john-mayer-2023-concert-review/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:00:34 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=187950 John Mayer © Aidan MoyerApproaching his third decade onstage, John Mayer revels in his songwriting successes and reminisces on his Berklee roots at TD Garden.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/live-john-mayer-2023-concert-review/feed/ 0 187950 Between What’s Flesh & What’s Fantasy: Bruce Springsteen and His Hometown at MetLife Stadium, NJ https://atwoodmagazine.com/live-bruce-springsteen-metlife-stadium-2023-concert-review/ https://atwoodmagazine.com/live-bruce-springsteen-metlife-stadium-2023-concert-review/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:55:36 +0000 https://atwoodmagazine.com/?p=185606 Bruce Springsteen: Between What’s Flesh and What’s Fantasy © Aidan MoyerApproaching his sixth decade on the world stage, Bruce Springsteen finds himself perpetually at odds with his low-key hometown life and force-of-nature stage persona.]]> https://atwoodmagazine.com/live-bruce-springsteen-metlife-stadium-2023-concert-review/feed/ 0 185606