Guralnick’s Lost Highway runs smack through the heart of Nashville’s Music Row – as with corporate Pop, Country & Western has always been about sales and little else… “‘Outlaw’ is the word […]
Being an artist is hard; being a successful artist is even harder. “You see, from the honky tonks you got such a mixture of all different types of music, and I think […]
With each passing year, the R&RHoF further distances itself from any pretense at credibility. Artists who haven’t gotten the call should be proud. It’s that time of year again, when the Rock & […]
Jerry Leiber is gone now but Mike Stoller is still with us. And thankfully, we have Hound Dog – the story of one of pop music’s greatest songwriting teams told in their […]
Rick Simmons’ Beach Music sequel is part oral history, part encomium, part bullshit – but it all works. “I didn’t like ‘Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie.…’” – Jay Proctor, Jay and the Techniques […]
By Amber Healy Muzit’s policy on people who download music without paying for it is kind of counter-intuitive: If you can’t beat it or stop it, turn it into an opportunity. Tommy […]
Chris Squire was not only a founding member of Yes and thus a Prog-Rock demigod – he was also one of the most gifted bassists in the history of rock…. By now […]
Even if they buy licenses and win in court over artists’ objections, they’ll lose in the court of public opinion by Carole McNall Welcome to the 2016 season premiere of the popular […]
We haven’t had a good Rock and Roll venting around here for a while, so here goes. The 2015 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place a couple […]
And the results are in. The vote was very tight – 52% to 48% – and the victor in the finals of the Tournament of Rock: The 5280 is the late great […]
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