Millions of words have been written about The Grateful Dead. Indeed, it’s hard to think of a band that is more of a lightning rod in a way that is to a great...
He went in and out of style while he was alive, but Johnny Cash now is an icon. Streissguth, a professor at LeMoyne College, has written extensively about Cash and country music.
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Here is a simple question: Why is Eric Clapton a great guitar player? To me, the right question isn’t “Why is Clapton great?” Instead, the question is...
Mountain played Woodstock and was an important band through the early part of the 1970s. The centers of attention were guitarist Leslie West and bassist Felix...
Among John Calu's memories are bringing flowers to Sarah Vaughan after a Monterey Jazz Festival performance, listening to Miles Davis backstage, chauffeuring Freddie...
Baseball can be used to explain just about anything. Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton presents a problem that somebody who runs a music blog runs into once in a...
There are lots of superbly talented musicians. But most genres have a single focal point: The Beatles and Louis Armstrong are two examples. Jimi Hendrix fills this roll...
A couple of friends said that somebody asked to jam with him and he should spend the evening at their studio. How was he to know that the someone was Etta James?
Billie Eilish is a teenage who has made it big. It's very important to listen to what she is singing about.
Above is “Feel It Still,” a great song from the band Portugal. The Man. The oddest thing about the group almost certainly is its name. There are plenty of...
Earl St. Clair — actually Earl Johnson II — is a talented young singer, songwriter and producer. NPR has a brief story on St. Clair, who was born in...
This encyclopedic Bob Dylan site has the details on every song he wrote, including the last time each was performed and other minutia. The site has tons of other...
Above is a great video of Duke Ellington performing one of the most important jazz pieces ever, the beautiful “Mood Indigo.” John Lamb is the bassist and...
Eugene Earl Bostic – who dropped the first name as a performer – was an alto saxophone player who lived from 1913 to 1965. He does not have a very high profile today...
One of the best places to find a certain type of pop music is in television commercials. These songs generally have great hooks and a unique and distinctive sound. The...
I’ve often wondered how “Americana” is distinguished from other genres of American music. The answer seems to be that the powers-that-be have done...
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