Howard Hoagland “Hoagy” Carmichael was born at the tail end of the 19th century—November 22, 1899—and wrote some of the most important songs of the next one...
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Music of the 18th century as recorded by Chester Simpson at Fort Frederick, Maryland in April 2011. The players, as best I can hear, are Dave McKnew, Al...
Here is a nice song and a really cool video from The Chemical Brothers. It’s called “Go.” I may be off base, but it reminds me a bit of...
This Day in Music notes that on July 20, 1940, Billboard magazine premiered the modern version of its charts. Previously, according to the site, best seller...
More Fun Facts: Jerry Garcia was named after composer Jerome Kern. Roy Acuff tried out for a minor league team associated with the New York Giants, but...
Polyphonic Press takes an interesting look at the future of music festivals. The bottom line is that Jeremy Boyd and Jon VanDyk feel that the days of the big...
Richard Smith was born in and now lives in Nashville. At least one of Smith’s YouTube videos pays homage to the great Jerry Reed, which whom he clearly...
“Comin’ In On A Wing and a Prayer” was the number one song on this day in 1943. It was performed by The Song Spinners. The slide show is of...
The Playbill site has the following entry for July 9, 1930 in its highlights of show business music history: In today’s Variety, a review of a new...
One important thing is being missed amidst the hoopla surrounding the end of the Grateful Dead/Dead’s run: Not enough credit is being given to Robert Hunter...
