Last week AARP crossed my path in two very different ways and the duality of the situation pretty much sums up my mixed feelings about this whole aging thing. First, AARP announced that with the help of Concord Records, they would be offering music content and radio to the often kicked to the curb...
Looks like Colin Hanks has gotten the green he needs to finish his documentary about Tower Records (may they rest in peace). Since running this post a month ago, Team Hanks exceeded their $50,000 goal thanks to over 1600 nostalgic Kickstarters who chipped in to raise a whopping 92k. Which only means the same...
On a recent evening with friends, who I would say have a pretty high level of music and cultural aptitude as well as boomitude (that’s an ‘attitude on music’ that predates digital, in case you didn’t know), I came to the startling discovery that they were not familiar with the work of Italian composer...
You gotta love Bono for blowing everybody’s mind by inviting someone from the crowd onstage to play guitar with him and the band. That someone who got the chance in Nashville this weekend also happens to be blind and legend has it he taught himself to play guitar listening to U2. He’s one of...
Peter Frampton is on tour this summer celebrating the….brace yourself….35th anniversary of the record we all know and love, Frampton Comes Alive. We got the chance to speak with Peter last year and he talked about everything from his Humble Pie beginnings, to his most recent Thank You, Mr Churchill and of course, the...
Rickie Lee Jones has been on the road this past year playing some of her best loved songs. There are some dates still left but in case you miss it, the DVD Live in Stockholm comes out July 5th. We had the pleasure of seeing her on a night when she played her self...