Articles by Chris Bisha
I’ll Take the Lead, Part 2
We’re going to call this the Keith Richards Tribute List. Side man steps up for a turn out front on lead vocals. While Mr. Richards (pictured) is not featured on this list, he is indeed its very inspiration. We believe Keith deserves his own list, which we hope to bring you in a future editorial […]
Best Bass Lines Bracket
Like I always say, rock and roll is all about bass and kick drum. While the kick delivers that thump to your chest, the bass outlines the chord structure, defines the groove and often adds melodic counterpoint. But quite beyond music theory, a great bass line totally kicks ass! There are so many great bass […]
Eighties Sax Appeal
It’s my pleasure as editor-in-chief to introduce readers of 360 Degree Sound to a new voice. Mr. Phil Childers (late of Detroit, now residing in Oakland, California) will regularly be giving you a break from my blah-blah. So, without further ado, I yield the floor to Phil… The saxophone just doesn’t get the love it […]
CES 2018 Report — DragonFly by Audioquest
CES 2018 in Las Vegas was short on high-end audio. There was essentially one floor of the Venetian hotel dedicated to products that audiophiles would consider “hifi.” This year there were more companies exhibiting that are not traditionally associated with tech, such as appliance manufacturers and auto makers. For my part, I was interested to investigate […]
Springsteen on Broadway
Bruce Springsteen’s four-month residency on Broadway is an amazing combination of humility and arrogance. The tension between the humility that he brings to his life story and the arrogance required to believe that people want to hear that story proves to be a tremendous creative catalyst. After decades of performing in cavernous sports arenas and […]
Adam Ant Stands & Delivers
Adam Ant 15 September 2017 Sound Board @ Motor City Casino Detroit, Michigan Some guys just don’t have the quit in them — Mr. Ant (pictured) is one of those guys. Ever since the late 70s, when he got screwed by his first label (Do It! Records) and Malcolm McLaren (Sex Pistols manager) stole his […]
Joshua Tree Revisited
If I could, yes I would. If I could… I would have seen U2 in 1987 on The Joshua Tree tour. But I was finishing up my “option year” (read: fifth year) at Michigan State. They played in April at the Silverdome in Pontiac and I was getting ready to graduate. Tickets were expensive and […]
He’s the Man! — Joe Jackson Live in Ann Arbor
Joe Jackson 17 June 2017 Michigan Theater – Ann Arbor, MI The first time I saw Joe Jackson live was in the autumn of 1982. He was on tour supporting his record Night and Day. I was a freshman in my first semester at Michigan State University in East Lansing. The show was at Hill […]
The Zombies Odessey & Oracle One Last Time
Google “zombies” and you get all kinds of results pertaining to the undead that walk the earth. That is also a pretty good description for many reunion tours of tired old bands looking to cash in one more time on past hits and brand recognition. So it’s notable when a band actually called The Zombies […]
Jack White’s Got a Brand New Bag
Detroit’s favorite ex-patriate son, Jack White, has added a full-scale vinyl press facility to his Third Man Records operation on Canfield Street in the Cass Corridor district of Detroit. My good friend Leo and I were on hand to check out the grand opening of the presses on 25 February 2017. Just a couple of […]
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin
Ten Strings and a Goat Skin 9 February 2017 20 Front Street — Lake Orion, MI Aupres du Poele — around the stove. That was the feel when Acadian folk music trio Ten Strings and a Goat Skin performed recently at 20 Front Street, the newly-minted performance venue in Lake Orion, Michigan. Bright, talented and […]
Sugarcube by SweetVinyl
It appears that the vinyl “fad” is officially a trend. Everyone from cash-strapped millennials to well-to-do audiophiles is embracing or rediscovering the glories of the long-playing phonograph album (and 45s too). Of course, we know that vinyl never went away in hifi; it has always been a reference standard for audiophiles. As such, the hifi […]