Posts Tagged ‘Bob Jacobs’

Would You Believe a Folk Rock Album Called Ray Bradbury’s Dark Carnival?

Saturday, October 31st, 2015

Some musical works are justly forgotten. Sadly, I feel that Bob Jacobs’s concept album Ray Bradbury’s Dark Carnival falls into that category, being of a overly theatrical folk rock style that was probably never in fashion, even when it was released.

Here are a couple of the more tolerable examples:

I don’t think a revival is in the offing. It’s probably not even as interesting as that weird free jazz album accompanying Edward Gorey’s words…