WELCOME TO BLITZ MAGAZINE'S WEB SITE!

WHO LOVES YA, BABY?: DEBBIE GIBSON and Blitz Magazine - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People's Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell catch up at the Kettering, Ohio stop of her Electric Youth 35th Anniversary tour. Join us backstage and on stage in the story under the Previous Posts heading at right (Photo by Eddie Bennett for Blitz Magazine)  (Click on above image to enlarge).

WELCOME TO THE INTERET HOME

FOR BLITZ MAGAZINE
SINCE 1975 -
THE ROCK AND ROLL MAGAZINE
FOR THINKING PEOPLE

Welcome to the official web site for Blitz, The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People. Since 1975, Blitz has been the leading voice for the discerning music enthusiast. Blitz Magazine was also one of the first magazines of its kind to embrace the internet, having also been online since January 1996.

Here you will find news and updates about all of the key artists essential to the growth and development of rock and roll music and related genres, including rhythm and blues, country and western, jazz and easy listening. For highlights from recent past editions of the Bits And Pieces and Shape Of Things To Come columns, click on the archival postings on the right hand side of this page. Be sure and check back frequently for regular updates.

If you have any questions, please e-mail us at BlitzMcD@aol.com.

Michael McDowell
Editor/Publisher
Blitz Magazine
Since 1975 - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People
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AUDREY'S MUSICAL JOURNEY:

Follow the fascinating and unfolding tale (through her favorite music) of the life and times of Blitz Magazine's late and beloved Photo Editor, Audrey McDowell, as told by her husband, Blitz Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell. A Facebook exclusive! "Like" us on Facebook at Blitz Magazine - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People, and watch for further installments.

IN THE BITS AND PIECES COLUMN:

His remarkable sixty-eight year career produced one of the most impressive legacies in film, television and music. Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell takes a look at the career of JAMES DARREN, who passed away in a Los Angeles hospital on 02 September.

We salute the beloved composer, vocalist, producer and South Carolina native, MAURICE WILLIAMS, who succumbed to a lengthy illness on 06 August at age 84.

In a free standing article under the Previous Posts heading at right, Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell catches up with DEBBIE GIBSON at the Kettering, Ohio stop of her EY35 tour, celebrating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the release of her landmark Electric Youth album for Atlantic.

The passing on 16 July of long time HERMAN'S HERMITS rhyhtm guitarist FRANK RENSHAW after a protracted battle against throat cancer came as particularly devastating news, especially in light of Blitz Magazine - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People's decades long relationship with the band. Editor / Publisher Michael McDowell looks back in depth at the extraordinary life of this beloved brother and rock and roll giant in a free standing article under the Previous Posts heading at right.

Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell salutes the extraordinary legacy of composer, vocalist and visionary FRANCOISE HARDY, who succumbed to her protracted battle against cancer on 11 June at age 80.

In a free standing article under the Previous Posts heading at right, beloved composer, vocalist, keyboard virtuoso, actress and author ALICIA WITT celebrates with a bit of record hunting with Blitz Magazine - The Rock And Roll Magazine For Thinking People's Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell (along with a bit of conversation) after her triumphant performance at The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan as part of her Weekend Tour series.

BABE lead vocalist MARGA BULT had much for which to be thankful in the wake of her recovery from injuries sustained in a fall at home earlier this year, as she and her family celebrated her 02 July birthday with a family holiday in Spain. Editor / Pubisher Michael McDowell joins in the celebration.

IN THE REISSUES / ANTHOLOGIES SECTION OF

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME COLUMN:

Pioneering rocker, Gospel witness extraordinare and virtuoso guitarist SISTER ROSETTA THARPE is the subject of a magnificent collection of heretofore unavailable live recordings from 1966, which are now available on the Deep Digs label.

Roger Maglio's Gear Fab label has once again struck gold with their re-release of Kings, Queens And Jokers, the third (and first deluxe) incarnation of the 1971 debut album by the New Jersey-based VICTORIA.

Cherry Red's affiliate Cherry Pop label has added to their already impressive catalog of BUCKS FIZZ releases with The Land Of Make Believe, a most impressive five CD career overview.

Once available via the prolific UK-based Cherry Red Records, the 1975 Harvest label third album, Too Many Crooks by veteran country rock band UNICORN is now also available in a deluxe CD reissue on the Texas - based Think Like A Key label.

IN THE NEW RELEASES SECTION OF

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME COLUMN:

The tour de force New Jersey nartive known as DEVON MARIE is creating quite a sensation among aficionados of high drama with her brand new Steve Brown-produced single, Miss You Blue.

The CYRKLE is back with a vengeance with their all new, ambitious Big Stir label album, Revival. 

Composer and vocalist AMANDA FISH brings the world to its knees before presenting it  with the ultimate solution in her third and latest Vizztone label release, Kingdom.

With its cerebral approach to the subject of unrequited love, it became an instant classic upon its release on the nineteenth of April. Editor/Publisher Michael McDowell takes a look at the creative process behind The Tortured Poets Departtment, the all new album by TAYLOR SWIFT. 

Guitar virtuoso SUE FOLEY brings the proceedings full circle with One Guitar Woman, her Stony Plain label salute to such pioneering giants as Elizabeth Cotten, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Memphis Minnie and Maybelle Carter. 

With his latest Original Cast release, Resurrection, the highly prolific composer and vocalist BRIAN GARI takes a pragmatic and universal look at life's loves, tragedies and unresolved business.