The Beatles have collaborated with some of the world’s most popular artists through the years. Mashups have become their own art form, and perhaps nobody has been more important to perfecting the […]
Ravi Shankar: 1920-2012
Ravi Shankar, arguably the greatest sitarist in Indian music’s history and certainly its most famous musician, has died at age 92. Shankar’s contributions to Indian music are myriad, from his composing and […]
Norwegian Wood: peace and love and senseless murder
By Patrick Vecchio I have a jukebox in my brain that starts playing as soon as I get out of bed. It plays all day long unless my mind is occupied. Music […]
It was 20 years ago today…and I still miss Freddie
Freddie Mercury was my John Lennon. I remember when Lennon was killed. I also remember the reactions of his fans. I liked The Beatles, of course, but they were a few years […]
TunesDay: Meet the … Kinkles?
Yeah, I don’t know, either. It’s fun, though. Stop whatever you’re doing and dance.
ValenTunes Day: can't help falling in love with you
Welcome to a special Valentine’s Day edition of TunesDay. Today, let’s celebrate the glory of love (although, if it’s all the same to you, we’ll do it without celebrating “The Glory of […]
The Best CDs of 2009: the Album of the Year, and the Band of the Decade
Tournament of Rock – Legends: the Final Four (and open thread)
First, the results: perhaps S&R voters are tired of conventional wisdom. Some would examine the results of ToR voting to date and reply that “conventional” isn’t the problem, they just lack wisdom, […]
Tournament of Rock – Legends: The Beatles vs The Who
Results: Many, if not most people probably expected The Rolling Stones to make it as far as the finals in the ToR. Only one band now stands in the way of that […]
Progressive Culture | Scholars & Rogues 