Category: Rock and Roll

Classic Rock | May 21, 2019

Nils Lofgren’s Rocky Beautiful Fifty Years

Three years ago, a movie called Hired Gun came out. The well-told documentary highlighted the stories of some of rock and roll’s best musicians, many largely unknown to the average […]

Classic Rock | April 22, 2019

Joan Osborne: Tangled Up In Dylan

(header photo by Jeff Fasano) It’s a somewhat unique phenomenon, that moment when an artist with a voice from heaven like Joan Osborne chooses to roll an entire album of […]

Living On Music | April 17, 2019

Cancer Can Rock Handles It With Care

An accomplished music producer uses personal experience and a kind heart to give those fighting cancer a moment in the spotlight. Musicians. They can be a mighty generous lot. I […]

Featured | April 7, 2019

Jimmy Webb’s Songs For Eternity

In researching the astonishing songwriting career of the legendary Jimmy Webb, one image kept cascading through my mind. My parents. You see it was Lynn and John Houk who got […]

Featured | April 6, 2019

Adrian Belew: Best Of All Worlds

For a musical virtuoso and true groundbreaker like Adrian Belew, you’d think that sharing the studio and the stage throughout his illustrious career with legends like David Bowie, Frank Zappa, […]

Classic Rock | March 25, 2019

Reviving The Music Of A Legendary Concert

Among some other notable factoids, 9/3/77 is considered by some to be the day the Grateful Dead proved to everyone that they were absolutely here to stay, drawing so many […]

Classic Rock | March 22, 2019

A Mickey Hart Bonus: A Moment With Jerry

(Featured photo of Garcia and Hart courtesy www.rosiemcgee.com) As a music writer, I always want to ask a given artist about what is most current in their lives, I mean […]

Classic Rock | March 20, 2019

The Rhythmic Brain Of Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart has got rhythm. Of course anyone who knows anything about rock music knows that. As drummer and percussionist extraordinaire for the Grateful Dead for over fifty years, or […]

Americana | March 16, 2019

Luther Dickinson: Livin’ The Dream

If there was ever a rock star basking in a musical heaven-on-earth right now, it’s got to be Luther Dickinson. The renowned blues-Americana-rock guitarist/singer/songwriting maven has pretty much got it […]

Classic Rock | February 27, 2019

Feats Not Failing Them Now

As they step on stage wherever they may be during their current 50th anniversary tour, the guys in Little Feat know exactly why they’re still there. During their original, legendary, […]