Hey Mr. Mellencamp, last night I came across your article on the Huffington Post. Interesting stuff. And yeah, the music “industry” has indeed changed. You May Also Like: John Mellencamp’s Dark, Down-Home Life, Death, Love and Freedom Still Resonates John Mellencamp’s ‘Freedom’s Road’ Heralded an On-Going Artistic Rejuvenation

Road Trip!! My summer of ’84 officially kicked off during the first listen to “Darlington Country.” You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle’ How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tunnel of Love’ Dug Deeply to Find Hard Truths

It’s been a fun and interesting week, both at the Something Else! Headquarters and on the greater Interweb thingie at large. You May Also Like: The Near Jazz Experience with Adrian Sherwood – ‘Afloat in Dub’ (2019)

OK, so I just got done reading this impossibly stupid article (which I refuse to link to because, yes, it’s that stupid) about how jazz music isn’t popular because the artists are not writing music that the kids want to hear You May Also Like: No related posts.

I kind of had my doubts about “Cover Me” early on, mostly because 1984 wasn’t very far from the disco era and I hadn’t shaken off the remnants of my snotty “Disco Sucks” attitude (which was in itself a lie, but that’s a topic for another day). You May AlsoRead More

So this week the Rolling Stones had the unmitigated, rock-star pompous audacity to release a new single as part of an announcement about their forthcoming 50th anniversary greatest hits package You May Also Like: Rolling Stones – ‘Tattoo You: 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition’ (2021)

Rickie Lee Jones’ interpretations go far beyond reverence. It’s clear she’s lived with these songs for a long, long time.

After seeing Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion concert, I had this frustrating feeling of wanting to more accurately convey what that experience felt like. You May Also Like: Pat Metheny Discovered Bold New Machine-Aided Freedoms With ‘Orchestrion’ Pat Metheny, May 16, 2019: Shows I’ll Never Forget Why Pat Metheny’s ‘New Chautauqua’ StillRead More

Bruce really did kind of blow up with Born In The U.S.A.. I’d just gotten out of college and was spending my first summer of true adulthood (read: lots of barbecues, beer, and time at the pool) with this album You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, theRead More

Hmmm…the last time I wrote about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was back in 2010, when good ‘ole Tom Waits was on the list of potential inductees. I’m not sure how I missed an entire year. You May Also Like: How Rush Finished at the Top of TheirRead More