Kudos to Gwen Stefani! With ‘You Make It Feel Like Christmas’ (Interscope), she crafted a Christmas cookie that we can actually choke down.
Thirty years ago this week, a young, 33-year-old Stevie Nicks released what was arguably her magnum opus in the form of her debut album ‘Bella Donna’...
Ugh! For many of us geeks, by 1996, “new rock” already was becoming stale. The glut of grungy gunksters who dominated the industry now had become...
Honestly, I’ve always seen it as something of a slap. To this day, you’d be hard-pressed to uncover any commentary on the combo without that caveat....
Ever had one of those, “What was I thinking” revelations? You know, a moment when you look back on a “snapshot” from sometime in the past...
T-I-M-B-E-R-R-R-! If hacked down in a musical forest, loggers could easily count the many rings of this 55-year-old rock and roll Monterey cypress. From the high-flying...
The name represents a renowned rock brand. The logo is equally legendary. And the tunes remain timeless — in some instances, even after a half-century (or...
Truth be told, I blame Blue Öyster Cult. Most of the frustrating and painful auditory issues I suffer from as an old man (I believe) are...
There I was, perusing the latest issue of a popular music magazine while standing in the check-out lane down at the local A&P. It was then...
No Pro Tools. No Auto-Tune. Maybe a click track, but definitely no computerized studio wizardry. It was an honest and pure record — an organic collection...
For the casual observer, perusing record bins down at the local Kmart back in the day, one image (likely) comes to mind (quickly) when recalling the...
They wrote the one textbook I actually was capable of consuming (and comprehending). As a result, it was the one class I could pass — with...
1976. AM radio was pumping out a steady stream of sanitized chart-topping feel-goods depicting funky waterfowl, amorous rodents and midday romantic rendezvous, while FM airwaves transmitted...
Simply put, she’s the real deal — an authentic artist. Back in the day, Eve was one of the preeminent female forces in the male-driven hip-hop...
A full 15 years following its initial April 2006 release, this album remains a brave and beautiful piece of work. Yet, personally, it’s a painful one...
