Many good ideas on what to post come from the “this day in music”-type sites around the Web. I was visiting one earlier today and accidentally...
Tag - daily music break
The amount of talent on YouTube and similar sites is astounding. Many of the performers are not complete unknowns, but don’t have national followings. A...
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The composer/piano player was 68 years old. Here is his website.
Update: Here is an affectionate look back at Hamlisch.
This was a sad thing. I was trying (fruitlessly) to find videos of Elmore James. While doing so, I ran across the version of Dust My Broom that is above. The...
The earliest sound recording was made in 1857 by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, a Parisian. Wikipedia, as usual, offers the details on de...
This post presented two problems. The first was that as I was putting it together I had a sinking feeling that I have failed in not listening to enough Ry...
Places to learn about the band are its Facebook page and blog. The two songs that will be recognized by non-fans are Rock the Casbah and London Calling. Here...
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University have announced that Chuck Berry will be honored as the 17th Annual American...
Editor’s Note: I just watched this after having not done so for a while. Three things strike me: 1. This is pure joy; 2. Louis Armstrong, along with...
Guy Stagg, a music blogger at The Telegraph, has a post up that suggests musical taste is more revealing than what a person reads. It is difficult to...
