Goodbye…Charlie Watts
A gentleman and a musician, since 1963 Charlie Watts was the backbone of the Rolling Stones. Impeccably dressed and unfailingly on tempo, Watts remained a faithful husband and a rocklike … Read more
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Exclusive: Brad Cole podcasts Songs From the Moon
Brad Cole addresses the ups and downs of the human condition with both wit and raw insight. delivered in an eclectic mix of folk, old school jazz, rhythm & blues … Read more
Premiere: New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers roll out Vol. 2
The name alone is a tipoff: either these guys are goofing around, or they have nothing to prove. Correct answer: Both. The New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers came together … Read more
Premiere: Savoy Brown Ain’t Done Yet
One of the world’s longest-running blues/rock bands, Savoy Brown began delivering stellar blues-rock in London, then took up residence in New York without missing a beat. Leader Kim Simmonds continues … Read more
Premiere: Charles Ellsworth travels through “Miami, AZ”
Charles Ellsworth’s own story is as rich and winding as the stories he weaves in his songs. Raised on Mormon hymns in the White Mountains of Arizona, he was turned … Read more
Exclusive: Steve Hall’s one-man “Hunger Strike”
Steve Hall, a venture capital tech investor and amateur musician, combined his two interests during quarantine and, unexpectedly, became famous. Growing up steeped in the Pacific Northwest grunge scene, Hall … Read more
I Shall Be Released—for $300MM
In one of the largest acquisitions of a single act’s publishing rights, Bob Dylan’s cashing in, headed down Highway 61 with a trunkfull of cash. Six hundred songs, three hundred … Read more
Words and Music Into the Future: a Songwriting Treatise and Manifesto
In Words and Music Into the Future: a Songwriting Treatise and Manifesto, songwriter Michael Koppy states what you may have thought but never dared to say, or perhaps what you … Read more
Shemekia Copeland on the Uncivil War
With three Grammy nominations already in the bag, blueslady Shemekia Copeland is clearly a musician of some stature. Now, with a new album, Uncivil War, just released on Alligator Records, … Read more
Exclusive: Bettye LaVette, on succcess and moving forward
An American treasure, Bettye LaVette’s a blues-soul singer with a truly remarkable background and heritage. “I’ll be 75 in January,” she told me, and she has weathered countless twists and … Read more
