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Category: Music
SURPRISE! CHRIS STAMEY RELEASES A LUSH, JAZZ ORCHESTRAL/VOCAL DOUBLE-CD STYLED AFTER THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK IN “NEW SONGS FOR THE 20TH CENTURY”
The title should give you pause. These are new songs but for an older time.
‘An Endless Fiasco’: Indie Retailers Describe Worsening Breakdown in Getting CDs, Vinyl Delivered to Record Stores
Since the Indiana-based fulfillment house Direct Shot started managing orders for all three major labels, stores haven’t been getting all their product.
106-Year-Old Woman Has Been Drumming For 80 Years, And She’s Still Got It
Musicians rejoice! Legendary percussionist Viola Smith might have discovered the secret for a happy, long and healthy life: energetic drumming as well as the moderate consumption of good wine.
It turns out that Juggalo makeup blocks facial recognition technology
Whoop whoop! Insane Clown Posse fans may have stumbled into a way to combat public surveillance
U2 Fans Discover Oldest-Known Live Recording of Band
This August 11th, 1979 show at Dublin’s Dandelion Market was taped by a guitarist in the band’s opening act and sat unnoticed for decades
Inside the Athens cottage that inspired R.E.M.’s “Life and How to Live It”
This colorful home has a history, including being the inspiration for an R.E.M. song.
Scorsese Film Captures the Sights, Sounds, and Feel of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue
“Life isn’t about finding yourself, or finding anything. It’s about creating yourself.” — Bob Dylan
Musical Spaceman Klaus Nomi Returns To Earth
On December 15, 1979, David Bowie made an appearance as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live. For his performance of “The Man Who Sold the World,” Bowie wore a large plastic tuxedo and was […]
Interview: Kevn Kinney On Drivin N Cryin’s New Album, The Beatles, And Gardening
Drivin’ N Cryin’ has a new album set to come out, Live the Love Beautiful, produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan. Kevn Kinney of Drivin’ N Cryin’ was traveling in the van in North Carolina when we […]
WORD JAZZ: THE MAGIC VOICE OF KEN NORDINE
Though often associated with the Beat Generation, Ken Nordine operated on his own wavelength, part absurdist humor, part poetry, part jazz. His real gift was that mellifluous voice, heard on a weekly radio program for […]
PATTERSON HOOD (DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS) ON BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ‘WESTERN STARS’
It’s been years since I’ve been as excited about a new Bruce Springsteen album as I am about Western Stars.
Blinded by the Light Trailer
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Three-Eyed Man: Remembering Psychedelic Seer Roky Erickson
A look back at 50-plus years of surreal sound and vision from the late rock & roll enigma
Mark Mulcahy Pleases the People with ‘The Gus’
The Gus finds Mulcahy at the top of his game as a vocalist and storyteller.
The Mystery Lights
WHERE ARE THEY FROM, AND WHAT DO THEY WANT? THE MYSTERY LIGHTS APPEAR ON THE RADAR
Inside the Creative Resurgence of Power Pop Pioneers The Rubinoos
Check out the Chuck Prophet-produced ‘Do You Remember.’