Van Morrison has a new LP out (his 37th studio album) called ‘Roll with the Punches,’ and it stars a few of our friends; Jeff Beck on guitar and Georgie Fame on vocals. It also includes Sister Rosetta Tharpe who has been nominated this month to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of […]
What can you say about REO Speedwagon? The band began as college kids at the University of Illinois, playing frat parties and sweet 16 events until they hit it big. Does it get better than that? Although they are not yet in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band has recorded and toured […]
Kid Rock recently announced that he’s not 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 an upcoming tour in 2018. The tour is being labeled at the “Greatest Show On Earth […]
There are some really cool music releases, reissues, and long play singles and albums being released in November. Check out the long list of music below and be sure to buy yourself that early Christmas present… Bryan Adams will release his latest LP called ‘Ultimate,’ which contains 21 tracks including “Summer of 69,” “Heaven,” and […]
Kurt Cobain was at the top of his game when he died, leaving behind family, friends, and plenty of awards and career memorabilia. We now hear that a few personal items of Kurt’s will be auctioned off in an upcoming Julien’s Auctions event, which will include the 1992 MTV Video Music Award he earned early […]
Rock and Roll can be a demanding career, the road, the drugs and alcohol, claiming many a star well before their prime. Here’s a list of the singers we’ve lost so far in 2017… We lost Tom Petty just a few weeks ago, a few weeks before that Walter Becker of Steely Dan passed away, […]
From the Lynyrd Skynyrd and Buddy Holly plane crashes, to remembering where you were when the Beatles stepped on the Ed Sullivan stage in 1964, rock and roll ‘moments in time’ are part of the soundtrack of our lives. Bob Dylan was being hailed as the voice of the 60s generation with his folk songs […]
We’re getting closer to Halloween which means Thanksgiving can’t be far off; time sure flies when you’re having fun! How about putting more fun into your weekday with a few music news headlines… Chicago has announced that in addition to their rich fall touring schedule, they are going to be in Las Vegas for a […]
This November Whitesnake will release the ‘Purple Tour LP, the album and subsequent 2015 tour of the same name is not quite a greatest hits, but filled with their classic songs and a few new tracks. The group Whitesnake was an interesting and successful hair band from the early days of rock and roll, hitting […]
Ringo Star is a legend, and a member of perhaps the greatest band in all of music – the Beatles. Ringo replaced Pete Best in the early days of the Beatles, well before they were discovered, and for many years became his claim to fame. The other accomplishment is that he married Barbara Bach of […]