Steve Cropper Gets “Icon” Award
Year's end is tribute time, and last Nov., BMI, (the performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc.) honored 77-year old guitarist, songwriter and producer Steve Cropper with their "Icon" award. The presentation took place in Nashville as part of the 2018 BMI...
Billboard’s “Top 10” From the Past 60-years
Happy New Year, dear readers. We look forward to sharing 2019’s new and exciting sounds with you, and connecting these songs to the best of our collective past. Last year, 2018, marked the 60th Anniversary of the unrivaled “Billboard Top 100.” The iconic...
Elton John’s Poignant Christmas Message
In 2007, British department store chain John Lewis Partners began what is now their annual, traditional, Christmas TV ad campaign: Various singers perform cover versions of popular songs-- for example, the company's employees sang The Beatles' "From Me To You" in...
Happy Birthday Keith Richards
Last July Mick Jagger turned 75, and this coming Tuesday, (Dec. 18th), it’s Keith Richards’ day to hit the three quarter century mark. Considered one of the world’s greatest rock guitarists, Richards, along with partner Jagger, co-wrote 14 songs on Rolling Stone...
A Romantic Song to Start Your Weekend…
Before you automatically disregard “Here Tonight” just because it’s Country, be aware that it’s not very corny, and it isn’t at all “Bro-Country,” rather, it’s uplifting and up-tempo with a positive and energizing chorus and melody, and the lyrics and overall...
Garth Brooks Makes History at Notre Dame Stadium & Calling All Elvis Fans!
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 Record Store Day!
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....
New Roy Orbison Album Released Today! Be There or Be Square!
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"...
The Rock-Star, The Girl and the “Pink Cadillac”
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...