During a podcast I conducted last week with Denny Somach — the author of “Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the...
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I confess that I had never head of Freddy Cannon until today. I was intrigued by this oddity: Here’s the most amazing music-trivia factoid in a long...
[column size=one_half position=first ] Carl Perkins is one of the pillars of rock and roll. Here is the beginning of his profile at The Rock & Roll Hall...
This Day in Music notes that on June 5, 1971, Grand Funk Railroad sold out Shea Stadium in 72 hours. June 5, I guess, was the third day. That was faster than...
It’s fascinating to consider what artists do when their countries are under military occupation. France during the Nazi era is a great example. This...
This is another of the songs that was sent to me via a posting at a website that matches journalists and various sources. This is from the bio at...
I had the opportunity last week to chat with Denny Somach, author of “Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the World.”...
One of the great things about Irish music is its ability to incorporate other types of music without losing its essential character. Other genres do this, of...
A good start of a list of American musical geniuses includes Louis Armstrong, George Gershwin, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Jerry Garcia and...
Like most people, disco is not my thing. But the Bee Gees’ soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever” was art. The music and lyrics were an...
