Category: Music

This Week’s Top 10 Includes a Ton of Shakeup

This week’s Mediabase chart for alternative rock music has been released and it’s so different from last week, you may not recognize it! Every position but one is different including all of the top three spots. The new number one this week is “Live in the Moment” from Portugal. The Man. They’re on a roll […]

Hip-Hop and R&B Acts Recognized at This Year’s Juno Awards

The Juno Awards took place the other day and the winners were fun to hear about. This award show takes place north of the border and is considered to be the Grammys of Canada by many. This year’s host was Michael Buble. There were plenty of hip-hop and R&B artists that took home hardware at […]

Pearl Jam to Auction Off VIP Package

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida mass shooting has generated an unprecedented rise in awareness of many social issues, but it’s also sparked genuine acts of kindness. Pearl Jam, who begins a hearty live tour on August 8t, has announced they will be auctioning off a VIP package for their Chicago Wrigley […]

The Best Band Yet to Get the Hall of Fame Call

How would you fell, after selling millions of albums and appearing on the cover of every music magazine – not to yet to be in the Rock and Hall of Fame? The list of deserving artists not yet admitted should shame the Hall and its selection committee. Here are a few that are still not […]

Black Crowes Rich Robinson’s New Project

In a few months, you’ll hear songs from a new album from one of the founders of the Black Crowes, giving you the feeling that the Black Crowes have reunited. The Crowes have not gotten back together, but instead what you’ll be hearing is original member Rich Robinson and his spinoff band The Magpie Salute. […]

Steppenwolf’s John Kay Drops ‘Steppenwolf at 50’

John Kay has just released the definitive Steppenwolf box set ‘Steppenwolf at 50’ and life has never been better. John used to come up in trivia games as to where he was born, is he English, American or Canadian? Most John Kay fans don’t know that he was born in Germany; they consider him Canadian […]

Alicia Keys Signed On as Co-Producer For Major Project

It seems there’s a real interest in Hollywood to bring pop music stars and great scripts; now we hear singer Alicia Keys will be co-producing a film based on the life of Alvin Ailey, one of the worlds most respected and recognized choreographers in our time. Alvin Ailey was born in 1931, battling the odds […]