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Monday, May 02, 2011
(Review) The bewitching, beguiling, mysterious, enchanting Stevie Nicks has been busy of late
Stevie Nicks, “In Your Dreams” (Warner Bros. Records) * * * starsMasslive.com
The bewitching, beguiling, mysterious, enchanting Stevie Nicks has been busy of late, touring with her band Fleetwood Mac, touring on her own with Rod Stewart and now releasing this solo album that she’s worked on for a year with Dave Stewart, formerly of Eurythmics.
It’s nevertheless Nicks’ first new solo album in a decade, one that plays to her strengths, from singing about regrets in the opener “Secret Love,” to shimmering her way through the very nostalgic “For What It’s Worth,” and embracing every bit of her 1970’s and ‘80’s mythical image in the thickly layered “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dreams).”
It’s always interesting to hear Nicks offer reflections of her infamously tattered relationship/enduring friendship with Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham as she does in “Everybody Loves You,” but unfortunately in this case, the track is pretty drab. And that’s a problem with several cuts on “In Your Dreams,” which aims high but frequently comes up short in terms of the songwriting.
Still – and despite the fact that so many artists have written about the city lately – her tale “New Orleans” is better than most of the others, and the tougher “Soldier’s Angel,” offers a grittier side to Nicks than she typically reveals.
Musical guests on the album include Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stewart, Glen Ballard, Mike Campbell and others.
This Kula abode is where Mick Fleetwood unscrews up
This Kula abode is where Mick Fleetwood unscrews up.
STORY BY PAUL WOOD | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY NOVAK-CLIFFORD
Maui Magazine
“We’re going to ‘the boys’ house,’” says the six-foot-six drummer, namesake and driving force of that rock-music turbulence famously known as Fleetwood Mac. We have rendezvoused at the Kula Lodge Restaurant, and Mick is devouring a hamburger, talking all the while. Upcountry fog has piled against the mountain, and the windows of the restaurant show nothing but opaque silver-gray. Then rain begins pounding. Mick has just driven his middle-aged BMW all the way from Napili, where he spent the day on the telephone talking with “somebody” about creating a reality TV show.
He’s imagining something “fun and entertaining—a rock-and-roll version of John Cleese; you know, Fawlty Towers.” But he worries about the risks involved with television exposure. “If you’ve built a mystique over thirty years, you can kiss your ass goodbye in one show.” He takes another chomp out of the burger.
At age almost 64, Mick has outgrown some of his customary shagginess, his beard now white and neatly trimmed, his long hair reduced by time to an unobtrusive pigtail. Is this hyperactive Brit finally ready to let go and vegetate by the sea?
“I can’t think of anything worse than not doing anything,” he says. (Chomp.) He talks about wanting to start a new Front Street club that will reincarnate the old Blue Max, a Lahaina nightspot that he and other drop-in rockers (Elton John, David Bowie . . .) used to frequent in the 1970s. Besides occasional reunion gigs with heyday band mates such as Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, he leads a couple of on-again/ off-again bands—the Island Rumours Band with a raft of Maui all-stars, and the Grammy-nominated Mick Fleetwood Blues Band. He’s a two-fisted tom-tom pounder, one of those drummers who hold both sticks like wrecking hammers. But most rock drummers are content to go bang-bang in the background. Mick has always had the drive to put his drum kit in front of the band, to produce and conceive and lead, to get things done. There’s no way that the allure of Napili sunsets and mai tais would ever lull this guy into anything like relaxation.
Read the full article at Maui Magazine
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Stevie Nicks Week +
What's coming up for Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac
- May 3rd: Stevie Performs on the Today Show.
- May 3rd: In Your Dreams Released in stores and online (North America)
- May 3rd: Glee's "Rumours" Episode airs on FOX Tuesday. Check local Listings.
- May 4th: Stevie performs at Webster Hall in New York City.
- May 6th: Night of a Thousand Stevie's Event in NYC (Stevie does not appear).
- May 6th: Stevie performs at The Borgata in Atlantic City.
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Confirmed:
May 10th: Stevie Nicks appears on Ellen
Reported, but Unconfirmed:
Stevie is reportedly appearing on Dancing With The Stars in May.
INTERVIEWS:
Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) Interviewed Stevie Wednesday April 27th at her home. He reported that the interview will be shared this week.
Howard Cohen (@HowardCohen) Features Writer for The Miami Herald has a piece on the Heart and Soul Tour and In Your Dreams coming out Tuesday in People Radar.
Extra TV (@JerryPenacoli) Interviewed Stevie Nicks April 27th at her home. No info on when the Extra TV interview will air - but it will likely show up on TV this week.
Robert Burke Warren (@RBWUncleRock) conducted an interview with Stevie Nicks sometime shortly after April 18th. The Q&A will appear in an upcoming issue of New York Magazine.
Jessica Pilot (@JessicaPilot212) a New York City based Freelance Writer with her work appearing in Vanity Fair, Glamour, New York Magazine among others Tweeted May 1st that she is about to interview Stevie Nicks. No information on where the interview will be published, but has said she will keep us posted as to when and where.
(Review) Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams"
A new solo album from rock legend and beloved quasi-mystical figure Stevie Nicks should be cause for celebration. From a year's worth of tweets by producer Dave Stewart to a predictably fawning Rolling Stone profile, the lead-up to Nicks's In Your Dreams has certainly built a fever-pitched level of anticipation among the singer's die-hard fans. But In Your Dreams indulges in some of Nicks's worst tendencies as a songwriter and is slathered in chintzy, dated production values.....
Full Review at Slant Magazine
Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" * ½
BY JONATHAN KEEFEOnly misfire are some critics. Fans 'get' Nicks!
NICK OF TIME - Stevie Nicks Full Page Article in today's New York Post
Stevie Nicks Still Hooked on Fleetwood Mac
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| Click To Enlarge Page 42 in the Pulse Section Online Article can be read at NYPost.com |
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