Pandora, the online radio network, now has a cool video series of Great Places to Hear Live Music. First posts are of The Canyon Club near L.A. and Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago. blog.pandora.com/archives/podcast/video
Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, along with Echo and the Bunnymen, […]

Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino!  This double CD tribute was just released this week, and it’s just chocked full of great tunes, many of which bring back some great childhood memories. I can remember digging the rhythm of “Blueberry Hill” and “I’m Walkin” at Grandma’s house.  My Mom and her Mother […]

Puddle of Mudd’s front man Wesley Scantlin has been banned from Graceland, as the band was touring the Elvis shrine. Guards removed him after he jumped into the pool.
“I just wanted to go for a swim,” he said.
But I wonder if he was just getting publicity for Puddle of Mudd’s upcoming album release, […]

Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy, Marky, Richie, and C-Jay, the Ramones will always be the first family of punk. Together more than 20 years, the Ramones inspired legions of followers as they refined their signature garage-flavored, ear-shattering, pop-skewed sound with a string of now-classic, loud-and-fast punk rock records and 2,263 concerts.
Rhino Entertainment will release The […]

John Fogerty kicks off his fall tour beginning in November in support of his upcoming CD release, Revival, on October 2nd. Here’s the press release, with audio links…
Revival EPK
John Fogerty, whose searing new album Revival is out October 2 on Fantasy Records, will kick off a Fall tour at Hammerstein Ballroom in New […]

The Very Best of Mick Jagger will be released on October 2nd. Most of the material is from his four solo albums, reaching as far back as 1970, and includes guest artists the Red Devils, Peter Tosh, David Bowie, Bono, and Mick’s daughter Karis on backing vocals.
“Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)” was produced […]

Rhino Records is releasing an expanded and remastered version of Tres Hombres, the album that put ZZ Top on the charts in 1973. It’s one of my favorite rock albums with hits like “La Grange,” “Jesus Just Left Chicago,” and “Waitin’ For The Bus.”
The really cool thing about this release? It’s available this […]

One of my favorite bands, Chicago is celebrating their 40th Anniversary with the release of a double CD Best of Chicago, on October 2nd. The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, had five consecutive number one albums, 13 platinum albums, 21 Top 10 singles, a Grammy Award, and a star on […]

Rhino Entertainment is releasing two big titles this November.
Led Zeppelin’s Mothership:  a two-CD collection of 24 tracks from all eight of the band’s studio albums.  Release date is November 13th.  Remixed and remastered by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones, it sounds alot like Atlantic Records best of package that was previously released […]

Beatle songs are the most popular cover tunes, as performed by other artists.  And this is not the first time a film has used covers of Beatles songs.  I think the versions I heard on the “Sam I Am” soundtrack album were better, but there’s a couple of tracks on this Across the Universe soundtrack […]