The 2007 Denton Arts & Jazz Festival just wrapped up another year’s festivities in Denton’s Civic Center Park.  As always, the music takes center stage and this year was no exception.  There were performances from home town heroes Brave Combo, along with a good mix of music artists and artistic styles.  Always a good time in North […]

Kelly Clarkson sang  a cover of Patty Griffin’s  “Up To The Mountain” on American Idol last night with special guest Jeff Beck on guitar.  Now there’s an artist I never would have expected to see on that show. 
But it was a special event, in that the American Idol show is using their star power to […]

Josh Kelley is promoting his third album, Just Say The Word, on his current tour.  He just played Dallas at the Granada Theatre last Sunday night, with Alexa Wilkinson  opening these dates.  Josh has collaborated on and produced five songs on her new album, due this summer.
Josh Kelley sang the Star-Spangled Banner during the pre-race ceremonies last Saturday at the […]

20-year-old singer-songwriter Alexa Wilkinson is on tour opening for Josh Kelley through May 4th.  I was fortunate enough to see her perform last night at the Granada Theatre on the Dallas stop of the tour.  I talked to Alexa after the show and bought her new CD “Lullaby Appetite.”     
“Of Graves” is the first single from the new album […]

CAKE has announced they will release two new albums this year through Upbeat records; “B-Sides and Rarities” (sometime this spring,) which features covers of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give You Up”, plus other covers and CAKE originals.
The second release will be “Live at the Crystal Palace” sometime […]

Erasure, the iconic British pop duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, have released their new single “I Could Fall in Love With You.”  The song is from their new album Light At The End Of The World, which comes out May 22. 
Following their 2006 success with the acoustic album Union Street, these new Erasure […]

Well, American Idol finally voted Sanjaya off.  It should have happened weeks ago.  The others are far better singers, but I guess he had the charm factor going for him. 
I saw the funniest thing on the Tonight Show last week.  They brought on Haley Scarnato after she had been voted off the show, and had the […]

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is primed and ready to blow the doors off last year’s performances.  The official dates are April 27 - 29 and May 4-6, and will feature these great artists on ten performance stages:
Allen Toussaint
Allman Brothers Band
Better than Ezra
Bonnie Raitt
Branford Marsalis
Counting Crows
Dr. John
Irma Thomas
Jerry Lee Lewis
John Mayer
Marcia Ball
New Edition
Norah Jones
Rod […]

It’s funny what videos come up in our Google Search for Rock and Roll Music…
Etta James & Chuck Berry - with special guest Keith Richards on guitar.
Check out the 2nd video, Rock & Roll Heaven, the one with Elvis, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin.

The Archies…how do they rank up […]

Man, the hype is thick tonight during American Idol.  Typical of the Fox Network, it’s all staged for maximum sensationalism.  Like the way they keep toying with Sanjaya.  And how could they let Haley go?  Well, I only agree with the judges about half the time anyway.  My favorites are Jordin and LaKisha, I think […]