Tina Turner After Ike: The ’80s Comeback
She will long be remembered as one of the most sensational, daring and courageous women in the world of rock ’n’ roll.
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Bev Bevan of ELO Remembers ‘A New World Record’: ‘Jeff Lynne at His Most Brilliant’
Said Bevan in our 2024 interview, “[It’s] a fabulous album, and I am proud to have been part of it.”
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Remember the Sutherland Brothers & Quiver?
The soft-rock Scottish musicians earned acclaim in the 1970s with several recordings. Rod Stewart scored a big hit with a cover of one of their songs
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Strawberry Alarm Clock’s Psychedelic ‘Incense & Peppermints’
Trivia note: The singer on one of the biggest and most memorable hits of 1967 was not even a band member. Check out the whole back story here.
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Seeing It Said: Confessions of a Former Nick Drake Fraud
He left behind three albums, a talent he believed he had lost, and the pain he could neither escape nor overcome.
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’: Closing the Gaps
As the 1972 triple album broke all the rules it revitalized the country-rock scene and made some very old music cool again.
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‘A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector’: When Holiday Classics Met the Wall of Sound
Sixty years ago, an album redefined the Christmas song. Few heard it at the time, but today it is considered a true holiday classic.
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Mike Pinera, Guitarist for Blues Image & Iron Butterfly, Dies at 76
He played the second guitar solo toward the end of the 1970 hit, “Ride, Captain, Ride.”
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The Allman Brothers Band’s High-Octane Last Concert—Review
The theatre had been the site of annual concerts by the group, which reportedly gave more performances there than anywhere else.
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It’s Beatlemania! Beatles ’64 U.S. Albums Return To Vinyl in Mono
Out of print on vinyl since 1995, they have been reissued in a new 8-LP box set and individually
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