Jimmy Fallon has released a digital single called “Car Wash For Peace.”  It’s catchy, it’s funny, and best of all, sales will benefit our soldiers and their families.  Fallon played a live version last night on the Tonight Show, and it inspired me to spend the 99 cents to buy it from iTunes.  So please check it out.  It will make you […]

I just recently got interested in auctions, after Eric Clapton auctioned off his most famous guitars Brownie and Blackie.  Also, George Harrison’s rosewood Fender Telecaster, and then John Lennon’s piano that he composed the song “Imagine” on.  So I started browsing through auction sites like Christie’s, and found some amazing things.
Keith Moon’s Premier five-piece drum […]

Genesis.  One of my favorite English progressive rock bands.  Not only are they set to embark on a world-wide tour, their first in 15 years, but they’ve also released their 6-CD/6-DVD deluxe box set, Genesis 1976-1982.  
Also just released are all five of their individual remastered and expanded albums that are included in the boxed set; Trick of the Tail, Wind & […]

Yeah I know this is an unusual post for me, but I was pretty amazed to see Miss USA debut on the Miss Universe pagent last night with a Gibson Les Paul.  Of course, it was a custom finish with a US flag on it, and it was so cool to see an american guitar among […]

The Warmth of the Sun is a new collection of 28 Beach Boys tracks that span their amazing career.  The songs were hand-selected and sequenced by The Beach Boys themselves, to convey the optimism and innocence of a younger generation.
Yeah I know, how many Beach Boys collections do we really need?  Well, the band is presenting their […]

Dream Theater’s newest album “Systematic Chaos” will be released on June 5th, and will be available in two different formats.  The regular CD and the special edition CD & DVD, which will include the entire album mixed in 5.1 surround sound, plus a 90 minute documentary of the making of “Systematic Chaos,” directed by Mike […]

Complete with a red carpet reception, American Idol really kicked the hype machine into high gear with their final show of the season.  It was no surprise that Jordin Sparks won; she’s a fabulous vocalist with an award winning smile.  The atmosphere inside the Kodak Theatre was crackling with electricity from former American Idol winners and contestants, plus […]

May 15:
Wilco
Album:  Sky Blue Sky
Nonesuch has always been an eclectic label, so it’s no surprise they have released Wilco’s  6th studio album, with Jeff Tweedy and band reaching back to a 70’s progressive-country-folk-rock sound.
amazon.com reports: The Deluxe Edition includes a bonus DVD, which contains more than 45 minutes of footage of the band performing songs from Sky […]

1st Single: “Ever Present Past” Audio:  WinMedia  ~  RealAudio 
“Memory Almost Full” Album Segways:  WinMedia  ~  RealAudio
“Dance Tonight” is the first music video from Paul McCartney’s new album Memory Almost Full.  The full video will debut on YouTube on May 23rd, but an advance clip is already on amazon.com.  It was filmed in London last March, and stars McCartney, […]

Paul McCartney’s 21st solo album, Memory Almost Full, is set to be released on June 5th.  It’s the first official release from the new Starbucks Hear Music label (formed by Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Music Group.)  In addition to the regular CD, a deluxe 2-disc edition with unreleased bonus tracks and audio commentary by McCartney will be available.   
The album is […]