Yes is now the band to see, featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman. They have sustained 50 years of music and life’s ups and downs, and these three bring a wealth of talent to the stage for a brief North American tour, beginning in August. The band will be overseas for most of the […]
Record Store Day is tomorrow April 21st, nationwide, a day set aside to celebrate the local record store owner, and the memory of running down to your neighborhood little record store to buy a single. The day is also designed to feature special releases that are primarily vinyl from today’s artists or promote reissues of […]
The Doobie Brothers continue to be overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but for 50 years they have hit the charts with tunes like “Long Train Running,” “What a Fool Believes,” Black Water,” “Taking it to the Streets,” and “Minute By Minute.” They have sold over 50 million records during their career! […]
Kid Rock has been busy recovering from his announcement last year that is not actually running for a Senate seat in his home state of Michigan, the ploy was a promotional stunt to sell his new LP ‘Sweet Southern Sugar,’ but at least he did commit to a tour. Now he’s decided to get back […]
Let’s take a look at the best marriages between Hollywood and music, the films that leveraged the day’s top tunes to really add a punch to the script… ‘Almost Famous’ is one of the best rock and roll movies because it rolls back the curtain on musicians who are on the road, and reveals just […]
2018 seems to be the year of biopics and documentaries; Elton, Prince, David Crosby, Freddie Mercury and Queen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd have all been the subject of either these past few months. You can add Jeff Beck to that list, as details of ‘Still on the Run: The Jeff Beck Story’ is about to be […]
Sammy Hagar believes in giving back, so that’s exactly what he’s planning on doing this May 15th at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Sammy’s headlining this year’s Acoustic-4-a-Cure benefit concert to help celebrate Taj Mahal’s 75th birthday. The lineup includes Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, members of the band Chickenfoot, Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon, Vic […]
The Pretenders lead singer and legendary rocker Chrissie Hynde is finally telling her life’s story in a book that’s still being written, called ‘Adding the Blue.’ Here’s the catch; it’s her life in art, not rock! The book is slated for a September publish date and contains almost nearly 200 original artworks. ‘Adding the Blue,’ […]
The ‘Band’ was one of the more interesting rock groups to record and tour in the days of old, and now you can own a piece of the Band. The 1965 Fender Telecaster guitar one owned by Robbie Robertson used in the Bob Dylan recording sessions is at auction scheduled for May 19th in New […]
50 years ago, in the mid-60s, a single hit the airwaves that frightened parents and frankly radio executives called “Kick Out the Jams (expletive).” The song was the starting point for a Motor City rock band called the MC5. The MC5 is back with original member Wayne Kramer and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, hitting the summer […]