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 […]

Eric Clapton has announced his second Crossroads Guitar Festival,
taking place this summer on July 28th at Toyota Park in Chicago. 
Proceeds will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.
The day-long festival will feature legendary music and collaborations including: Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, […]

Podcasts feeds are now available from the South By SouthWest Music Conference panels.  I’ve always been intrigued by podcasting and there’s some very interesting topics from this year’s music panels. 
Check it out at:
2007.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts
feeds.feedburner.com/SXSWpodcasts
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Composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and toast enthusiast Mark Ettinger has released his critically acclaimed new album “in this world.”
Mark tours regularly with the Flying Karamazov Brothers, and writes songs and other music the rest of the time. After years of backing songwriters on a variety of instruments on both coasts, he has released “in this world,” […]

Talk about your lucky breaks!  Here’s a clip of 10-year-old Billy Preston with Nat King Cole, singing a duet on his TV show. 
Classic Video on YouTube!
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Pete Townshend has announced his new online project called “The Method,”  during his keynote address at the South by Southwest music festival and conference in Austin, Texas last Wednesday night. 
He says the program starts in late April and will give online subscribers the chance to  “create their own musical composition by ’sitting’ for the Method software […]