The nominees for the 29th class of The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were released today. More than 600 voters will select the inductees, who will enshrined at...
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Blues Traveler was featured in a cute scene in Blues Brothers. Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd, of course) performed Rock Me Baby with the band later. He seems to be...
ZZ Top was offered $1 million apiece by Gillette to shave their beards for a television commercial in 1984. The good news is that both lead guitarist Billy...
I don’t know much about Widespread Panic, other than they come from the same school of music — and are associated with — Phish and other...
I became aware of Estelle through the hit American Boy (above) simply because my daughter had the radio tuned to stations that played it. Her part is great...
CNN has an interesting piece about music and the inauguration, which is set for Monday. The show should be pretty good: This year’s festivities include a...
Two old timers who have similar voices – which really isn’t a compliment to either – both have new albums, and both are getting good reviews. Mark Knopfler’s...
Here are Billboard’s Top Ten Rock songs for the week of August 25. I still don’t know why they are a week ahead: 1. Oh Love: Green Day 2. Burn It...
Who said so, what the criteria was and other details are missing. But the list, which is from 2008, is a good one. I stumbled on it while looking for the...
The Troggs’ Wild Thing was at the top of the charts on this day in 1966. Some people, however, may prefer Mr. Hendrix’s version. The song actually...