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New documentary focuses on the making of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here

A forthcoming DVD/Blu-ray documentary will trace the creation of Pink Floyd’s 1975 release Wish You Were Here, with new interviews from Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Journey bandmates Steve Smith and Neal Schon reunite, find ‘an immediate chemistry’

Steve Smith left Journey to focus on jazz, his first musical love, in the late 1990s – but he has remained close with the band’s co-founding guitarist. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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Something Else! Featured Artist: More Jeff Beck!

As fans await a forthcoming new album from Jeff Beck, we decided to dig deeper into the stacks to uncover more of our favorite tracks. You May Also Like: Jeff Beck (1944-2023): An Appreciation

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Guilty pleasures: Faith Hill – Fireflies (2005)

I once spent a very interesting weekend down in Northern Kentucky attending a get together of “flea-powered” (1.5 to 5 watt) tube-amplifier aficionados. On a very, very early Friday morning I loaded myself into my old buddy’s Volvo wagon and we headed out from Haverhill, Massachusetts. You May Also Like:Read More

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The Black Keys are ready to put out a live album — but they say the venue name has to be right

As the Black Keys continue to tour in support of their current release El Camino, drummer Patrick Carney says they’re recording every show — in the hopes of putting out a new live album. The problem? They keep playing places like the Bojangles Coliseum, and (no kidding) the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre.Read More

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Warren Haynes 'put a lot of love and reverence' into new Tommy Bolin tribute project

Warren Haynes says that he helped construct a new tribute album to Tommy Bolin with an eye toward what the former Deep Purple and James Gang guitarist would have been interested in: “I don’t think we chose anyone who would make Tommy grimace,” Haynes says, adding: “Hopefully not!” with aRead More

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The Sneetches – 1985-1991 (1991): Forgotten series

Named after those funny Dr. Seuss characters we all know and love, the Sneetches were greatly adored by the indie crowd back in the day. Coming together in 1985, the San Francisco, California-based band remained intact for about ten years, and during that period they cut half a dozen albumsRead More

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New Music Monday: Dr. John, Ian Anderson, Tab Benoit, James Taylor, David Sylvian

Another Monday, another teetering stack of new music goodness — just waiting to be tipped over, then rifled through. You May Also Like: Illegal Crowns [Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum + Benoît Delbecq] – ‘Unclosing’ (2023) Terry Bozzio, David Gilmore, Jose James + others: Five for the Road

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A Fragile Tomorrow, “Waters Part” (2012): One Track Mind

A Fragile Tomorrow continues to explore 1980s indie-rock sounds here, even as they steadily build upon those core influences.

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Sparks Fly On E Street: Bruce Springsteen, "Independence Day" (1980)

Back in Bruce’s storytelling days, he would introduce “Independence Day” with the sad tale of how he and his dad never did see eye-to-eye. It was years later that they finally could talk, and there was more than a little regret You May Also Like: Reevaluating Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild,Read More