Living On Music | July 18, 2011
IMELDA MAY: PLAYING FOR OBAMA JUST ONE PART OF METEORIC RISESaying that “alot” has happened to Imelda May since the last time she and I talked a year or so ago might be the understatement of the year. Let’s see. For starters, how about singing […]
Americana | April 6, 2011
Teddy Thompson: Slipping In And Out Of His GenesIt can be a blessing and a curse, being the offspring of a famous person. Expectations can be unrealistically high, and the pressure can be enormous to follow in their footsteps. […]
Classic Rock | March 28, 2011
Souls, Signs & Pharoahs: The Mystique of Robin TrowerHeader image by Rob Blackham http://www.blackhamimages.com A close friend of mine had one of those rare “life moments” a few years ago while she was in Egypt. And she had […]
Classic Rock | February 2, 2011
My Lifetime Journey With Robert PlantOne of the most anticipated moments of the week when I was a youngster was reading the Sunday Arts and Leisure section of The New York Times. Growing up in a very creative, […]
Blues | September 16, 2010
Buddy Guy – Where Credit Is DueSometimes people get credit where credit is due. Sometimes. Take the birth of rock and roll for instance: black American bluesmen head overseas in the late 50’s-early 60’s and introduce […]
Living On Music | February 28, 2010
THE PALPABLE COOLNESS OF IMELDA MAYAnyone who works at a nursing home singing old songs with the elderly to make them happier, or rescues an injured crow who’s fallen out of a tree, has to […]
Classic Rock | August 25, 2009
Frampton Stays Alive!(header photo courtesy David Morris Songer) By Steve Houk There are three words that most accurately sum up my high school years in the late ‘70’s. Not “the big […]