2018-11-29 09:43
Not for the first time in their fabled history, the Rolling Stones faced a dire moment of truth. Such was first the case in 1969 when, on the eve of an anticipated U.S. tour, the band effect… Read More
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2018-02-22 01:31
For more than half a century Pink Floyd produced some of the most fabled and successful albums in popular music history yet the singular British band has nevertheless remained, at least in s… Read More
2017-05-07 18:16
In a career spanning more than half a century, GRAMMY®-winning folk legend Tom Paxton has composed a veritable goldmine of American music. Instilled with an activist’s passion and… Read More
2017-01-30 05:11
Pete Townshend was always too ambitious for rock ‘n’ roll.
Not so much with the early hits he wrote for The Who, songs like “Can’t Explain” and “Su… Read More
2017-01-27 06:52
The headliner is who they all came to see, of course. In this case, it was Don Henley, fresh off his recent Kennedy Center Honors accolade as a founding member of The Eagles, touring in supp… Read More
2016-10-14 09:54
At the dawn of the ‘80s, as outlaws and urban cowboys staked their turf on either side of the country and pop fence, Kenny Rogers bridged the divide.
A mere four years since he first… Read More
2016-08-10 01:33
When Write on Music caught up with the Temperance Movement last summer, the nascent British rock band was trudging through the States and Canada on what seemed like an interminable tour… Read More
2016-07-25 10:23
It’s been more than a quarter century since “Too Cold at Home” introduced country music traditionalist Mark Chesnutt to the masses, and the many hits that have followed (in… Read More
2016-06-23 05:26
Back when Kris Kristofferson used to take the stage alongside his comrades in the Highwaymen, he was the relative young gun of the group, his stature overshadowed by the outlaw legends of Wa… Read More
2016-04-29 13:16
As American Idol veterans go, Season 10 finalist Haley Reinhart has proven among the most compelling. First, she established a retro-pop groove with her stellar 2012 debut LP, Listen Up!, as… Read More
2016-04-24 03:45
Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Kylie Odetta emerges from the din of pop stardom to reveal a serious talent with her most recent EP, High Dreamer, having consciously pared down its produ… Read More
2016-04-08 04:01
Merle Haggard never said he was immortal. Still, the country music icon, who died this week on his 79th birthday of complications from pneumonia, knew as well as anyone that his music would… Read More
2016-02-26 03:40
Country music maverick John Anderson anticipated changes in the industry long before they came to pass.
The veteran singer/songwriter recently recalled, “I told people on different b… Read More
2016-02-19 04:12
“To me,” Gene Watson says, “the songs are everything.”
For more than a half century, the country music legend has cultivated one of the most venerable catalogs… Read More
2016-02-18 06:15
Even later than last year, it’s Write on Music’s Favorite Songs (in alphabetical order) of 2015:
The 1975 – “Love Me”: Clearly these brazen British upstarts we… Read More
2016-02-08 08:10
Ever since “What You Won’t Do For Love” first catapulted him to stardom in 1978, Bobby Caldwell has cultivated a singular brand of sophisticated soul, culminating in more t… Read More
2016-01-25 06:01
More than three decades after disbanding, The Jam continue to inspire a fiercely loyal following as well as a legacy that only magnifies with each passing year.
Last year alone, the amoun… Read More
2016-01-20 01:50
If a book called How to Write About Music sounds like something you’ve just got to read, chances are you’re already writing about music. That said, the perspectives shared throug… Read More
2015-10-11 12:52
It’s the unspoken hope of every upstart band gunning for a break, that one of its songs — borne of a lyric scribbled on the back of a crumpled receipt or a melody hummed into an… Read More
2015-10-06 09:32
Singer/songwriter Nadia Kazmi incites something fierce on her third release, LAMB, but truth be told she’s been brazen from the beginning.
On her 2010 debut, Arrival, Kazmi showcased… Read More
2015-09-03 07:31
When George Strait announced in late 2012 that he would retire from the road at the culmination of his forthcoming concert tour in 2014, the final gig on the schedule suddenly became a very… Read More
2015-08-30 11:13
The task at hand was enough to make even the most self-assured songwriter wither in excruciating insecurity: Set to music assorted lyrics and poetry by Bob Dylan from 1967 — a box of t… Read More
2015-08-18 17:37
The Temperance Movement had already opened for the Rolling Stones on a handful of dates last year, but when the nascent British-based band got the nod to do it again this past June at Orland… Read More
2015-08-01 15:05
Although he officially retired from the Rolling Stones in 1993, founding bassist Bill Wyman hasn’t exactly led a quiet life of leisure in the meantime, having curated various pursuits… Read More
2015-07-26 21:12
In interviewing Rickie Lee Jones about her music, come up with a question that piques her interest and you’ll likely end up fielding a few comparable inquiries of your own in return… Read More
2015-07-06 01:38
“I thank God for the time that he gave us together, good and bad,” Jan Gaye writes at the conclusion of her recent memoir, After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye, “for w… Read More
2015-06-07 08:19
As he concluded the second show of a two-night stand billed as “The Lost Weekend: Last Piano/Vocal Performances” last month at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, seventy-two-ye… Read More
2015-04-01 04:38
By the time he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1968, David Clayton-Thomas was already a seasoned disciple of the blues, R&B, and soul — music that not only resonated with him as… Read More
2015-03-18 06:29
As recording artists the Rolling Stones by 1975 were, depending on your perspective, either trudging through a provisional rut or growing accustomed to the status of a legacy act. Their magn… Read More
2015-03-04 12:13
“I’m still kind of pinching myself,” says Miel de Botton on the line from her home in London, keen to discuss her forthcoming debut, Magnetic, whilst offering insights to c… Read More
2015-02-16 12:17
While he’s most widely known for his 1988 cover of John Hiatt’s classic, “Angel Eyes,” Jeff Healey possessed a talent that was at once eclectic and expansive. Indeed… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If a book called How to Write on Music sounds like something you’ve just got to read, chances are you’re already writing about music. That said, the perspectives shared throughou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The best of people playing other people’s songs... These are Write on Music’s dozen covers to love from 2015:
“Come and Get It” – The Hollywood Vampires
Album… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In interviews of late Eric Clapton has suggested he will retire from touring in the wake of his seventieth birthday next year. And with seven performances scheduled for next May at the Royal… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
“Refugee.” “I Won’t Back Down.” “American Girl.” “The Waiting.”
The songs Tom Petty has written and recorded over the past forty… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Now is the time for Rhiannon Giddens.
Having followed her muse beyond the homegrown string-band tableau she’d cultivated for the last decade as a founding member of the GRAMMY® aw… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Priscilla Ahn sings with such gorgeous, unaffected grace that any extravagant or otherwise cluttered production would only undermine one of the loveliest voices to emerge in the past decade… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Lately it seems like everything is going Nathan East’s way. Already this year the renowned and ever-in-demand bassist has picked up five GRAMMY® awards for holding down t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Barb Jungr is no stranger to the music of Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen, having performed their works to both critical and popular acclaim throughout her near-forty-year career. Yet with h… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is the sort of gig that looks promising on paper: three respected music veterans, each one as ostensibly integral to the lineup as the others, all of them playing together on a set of s… Read More
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