amazon.com celebrates the 40th anniversary of the summer of love…

Summer of Love: 40th Anniversary ~
It Was Forty Years Ago Today…(close enough, anyway…) Many things come to mind when we think of the Summer of Love: hippies, San Francisco, free love, be-ins, LSD. Hippies became yuppies and a house in Haight-Ashbury now runs you a million […]

The Motley Fool has a great article called “CD Is the New Vinyl.” Interesting reading about declining CD sales, SoundScan, Billboard charts and the need for the major record labels to re-invent themselves. A good narrative on the current status of our music industry. ww.fool.com
In a related story (somewhat) of music distribution, […]

It’s a new feature on CybersMusic.com.  A Nano Moment for your iPod.  The stuff you just have to synch up to, the first time you heard it.  Now if only I had more than just 1GB. 
We’re diggin’ the blues rock sound of Back Door Slam;  their new album just out, this young trio has played festivals from […]

The 41st Montreux Jazz Festival starts this Friday (July 6) and runs through July 21st.  In addition to an incredible roster of artists performing, there’s also a wide variety of side venues like Studio 41, workshops, and three seperate competitions for piano, voice and guitar. 
There’s hundreds of jazz festivals annually, but Montreux is probably the most […]

A Beatles Memorabilia Auction is happening July 3rd in Las Vegas, featuring Stuart Sutcliffe Original Art, which was endorsed by John Lennon, at that time as Johnny & the Moondogs.  This is the first time Stuart’s art, lyrics and paintings are available for sale anywhere, plus Beatles Memorabilia and Autographs will be displayed and on sale.  
The assorted works of art will be offered […]

From the Rhino Records June Newsletter @ www.rhino.com:
ATLANTIC RECORDS’ 60th ANNIVERSARY

The late Ahmet Ertegun founded Atlantic Records in 1947, and within a decade the company had become the country’s preeminent R&B label.
Rhino will celebrate the influential imprint’s 60th anniversary with several releases beginning this month. The new documentary American Masters - Atlantic Records: […]

CinemaNow Inc., a popular website for downloadable Hollywood movies and TV shows, has redesigned their website for music videos, WatchMusicHere.com.

And for a limited time, you can buy exclusive music videos from one of my favorite major music labels, the Warner Music Group (WMG), who is currently providing content at WatchMusicHere.com.
http://www.watchmusichere.com/
http://www.cinemanow.com/
Source:  www.wmg.com

On this 40th anniversary of the summer of love, the classic rock era is still buzzing with enough electricity to keep this generation of baby boomers going all summer long.   There are alot of salutes to the Monterey Pop Festival, where Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both leaped from the local stage into the national spotlight.
There are several very nice […]

Dig back to the Summer of Love, 40 years ago.  The year 1967 was alive with music coming from all directions by the creative talents of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Mamas and the Papas, Byrds, Janis Joplin with Big Brother & The Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, The WHO, The Association,  Otis Redding, Canned Heat, Paul Butterfield’s Blues Band and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. 
Although the Beatles […]

Janis Joplin made her national debut with Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967.  A smash hit group resulted with several more great albums before Janis went solo and did her own thing.  And it was all great rock and roll music. 
Cheap Thrills is one of my favorite classic […]