Roberta Flack has had a health scare, when receiving the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from the Jazz Foundation, as she fell ill prior to the event, and was rushed from New York’s Apollo Theater to a nearby hospital. She was released a few hours later with a clean bill of health. It’s hard to believe but […]
In the world of rock, there are superstars like the Beatles, Stones, The Who, Springsteen or U2. In the world of rock there are also bands or singers that never found a sustainable audience, but did hit the charts at least once with a song we call ‘One Hit Wonders.’ Here are more crazy good […]
Record store day a few weeks raised the awareness of vinyl, generating floor traffic to the neighborhood record store to those hard to find collectibles and more. You want to be on the lookout in May for the following releases, reissues, or remastered albums.. The ultimate Glenn Frey solo collection called ‘Above the Clouds: The […]
The 5th Dimension was easily one of the most enjoyable pop and groovy groups from the late 60s and early 70s that made us forget about or trouble and yearn for a better day. Here are our favorite 5th Dimension Songs… “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All” was a song originally offer […]
1972 was a memorable year; the Olympics were marred with the massacre of 11 athletes from Israel by Arab Gunman, here at home the Watergate scandal is about to explode, and the top movie was ‘The French Connection’ starring Gene Hackman (he also won the best actor award). What were the top songs of the […]
Paul Rodgers will be releasing an upcoming live and concert film called ‘Free Spirit – Celebrating the Music of Free this summer, and his fans couldn’t be happier. The LP will demonstrate the real excitement and energy of Paul during his 2017 tour and contains 16 tracks, which includes his early years with Free. Who […]
Bruce Springsteen has been on Broadway with a sell-out show since the middle of last year, and he’s earned 20 Grammys and an Oscar, and now he’s being given a special Tony Award. His Broadway show ‘Springsteen on Broadway; is being honored as with the Emmy nod. Bruce is now part of an elite group […]
Often times when we think of great music, we think of the 60s and 70s. The 80s gave us some righteous songs as well. Phil Collins had great success in the 80s with tunes like “In the Air Tonight,” “I Don’t Care Anymore,” and “Take Me Home.” All of them classics. Although the band made […]
Gene Clark is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he’s been such a shy performer most people don’t know who he is; the original member of the Byrds. Yes, fellow members with David Crosby and other notables. Well, Gene will become a little more popular this year with the release of two […]
One of the greatest Southern Rock bands of all time is Lynyrd Skynyrd, and you know that they’ve announced a farewell tour that will keep them busy this year. The boys must be a sentimental bunch, as the last tour stop in the farewell tour will be no other than the city of Jacksonville, their […]