On October 20th, Garth Brooks made history by becoming the very first to perform a concert at Notre Dame Stadium since it opened 88-years ago. 84,000+ people plunked down nearly a $100 a ticket, and, Sunday night, 8 PM, ET, CBS will televise that concert. Merch:  few...

Today is  one of the two days of the year set aside to give your local independently owned record store some extra love. In fact, this is the 10th anniversary of the very first "Record Store Day"-- when a number of exclusive and limited-run releases go up for sale....

How can it happen that there's a "new" Roy Orbison record when he's been dead for almost 30-years? (Dec. 6th, 1988.) It can happen happen thanks to brilliant production and advanced technology. "Unchained Melodies: Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"...

Many (most?) Boomers started driving when we were 16, an experience that many (most?) of today's 16-year olds do not share. And that's a crying shame, because if today's teens aren't driving around listening to rock n' roll on the radio, in real time (IRT), than they...

Billboard named "To Sir With Love" 1967's number one song of the year (51 years ago). It was sung by Scottish singer/songwriter Lulu, and tomorrow she turns 70-years old. By the time she was in her teens, Lulu's group, The Luvvers, had hit it it big in the UK; when...

Bobby "Boris" Pickett’s 1962 classic "Monster Mash" hogs all the Halloween airtime, but John Zacherle, named by Dick Clark as "The Cool Ghoul", had a top ten hit four years before that: “Dinner with Drac,” also a novelty song, which clearly influenced “Monster Mash.”...

  Tower Of Power founder and sax player Emilio Castillo is a full-fledged Boomer (he’s 67), but in a recent interview, he said "I tell people it's like I'm an 18-year old in my brain. Music keeps you young heart, and it's been a great ride.” That ride continues--...

Last month marked the passing of Aretha Franklin. "The Queen Of Soul" is on the list of greats who were fortunate to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with legendary producer Rick Hall in his Fame Recording Studio. Hall died in Jan. of this year; he was 85-years old....