Talk about moving in opposite directions: This Day in Music says that on this day in 1988, Tina Turner performed in front of 182,000 in Rio De Janeiro. It was...
Category - Rock
Elvis Costello’s birth name is Declan Patrick MacManus. He changed it in 1977 and, nine years later, back to the original — only he threw in...
Here is the beginning of Mellencamp’s bio at Rolling Stone: John Mellencamp started as the walking embodiment of heartland rock — the passionate, plain...
TDMB wishes everyone a healthy and happy 2013. The Phish video, which is from New Year’s 2010/11, is long but very funny.
My City Was Gone seems like a pretty good way to sum up 2012 for a lot of people. Two sites offer opinions on what songs are the top ten for the band. One is a...
David Bromberg stands out even in a landscape in which there are many talented and eccentric acts. He is part rock-and-roll and blues royalty — he took...
Two of the biggest stars in modern music — Neil Young and Eric Clapton — are fans of JJ Cale, who died in July 2013. Cale’s site offers a...
I didn’t see the whole thing, but I felt that one of one of the best musical moments last night was Eric Clapton’s acoustic version of Nobody Knows...
It seemed like a good idea to feature one of the bands that played in last night’s Sandy-a-thon at Madison Square Garden, so here is the beginning of...
This video — which wasn’t shot by Martin Scorsese — features the son of a friend of mine. The band, which is covering The Doors’ Five...






