Gary Numan's "Intruder"Gary Numan has released the title track from his upcoming album Intruder (out May 21). Numan has said his new album will examine “climate change f… Read More

2021 is the Album's 30th Aniiversary The Black Crowes Present: Shake Your Money Maker, the multi-platinum debut by the seminal rock n' roll band The Black Crowes, is being re… Read More

Lost Recordings by Pre-AC/DC Bon ScottAdelaide music promoter and historian Victor Marshall has been heralded as the 'Indiana Jones' of Australian Music after uncovering the 'holy grail' of… Read More

Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on January 8, 2021: Read More

John Fogerty's ode to 2017 to 2020John Fogerty has released his first new song in almost three years with Weeping in the Promised Land.The song reflects on the last four years of the America… Read More

The Jerry Garcia Music Arts label will release a new album titled "Front Street Outtakes" on January 5. The album tracks are composed of studio outtakes from a 1994 recording session featuri… Read More

Bill Champlin formed the Sons of Champlin in 1965 and spent eighteen years as a member of Chicago (1981 to 2009), singing or sharing lead on such songs as Hard Habit to Break and Look Away… Read More

Eminem Has the Only Top 10 Veteran AlbumThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position… Read More

Loretta Lynn has announced that she will release her next album, Still Woman Enough, on March 19.  It is her fiftieth studio album. “I am just so thankful to have some of my… Read More

Gerry Marsden, the lead singer of Gerry & the Pacemakers, died earlier today (January 3, 2021) after suffering a heart infection.   Born in Liverpool, he formed Gerry &… Read More

Out Friday, January 8Barry Gibbs' new album, Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1, is out this Friday (January 8). Included are duets with Jason Isbell, Keith Urban, Brandi Carlil… Read More

Geoff Stevens (1934 - 2020)British songwriter and producer Geoff Stephens died on December 24 at the age of 86.  While not a household name, he wrote songs that became major hits on bot… Read More

Misty Morgan (1945 - 2020)January 1Misty Morgan of Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Cancer (b. 1945) Read More

John Ford Coley's "Long Way Home"With his Texan charm, John Ford Coley shows how it's done on his new double CD, "Long Way Home," produced by The Fourth Way World. Coley is most revered as h… Read More

Out February 5In 1968, Dusty Springfield was already an international superstar with 15 hits under her belt for the Philips label when she decided it was time for a change. What followed was… Read More

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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award WinnerThe Recording Academy® has announced the honorees for its 2021 Special Merit Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Grandma… Read More

Brenda Lee is at #3 for the Second WeekThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position i… Read More

From December 21, 1970Elvis Presley’s Graceland® will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the famous Elvis and Nixon meeting at the White House, with the unveiling today of… Read More

The 29 New InducteesToday the Recording Academy® welcomes the 2021 inductees for the distinguished GRAMMY Hall Of Fame®, continuing its ongoing commitment to preserving and cele… Read More

Ringo's upcoming EP, "Zoom In"As this crazy year comes to a close, Ringo is offering a song of peace, love and friendship – "Here's To The Nights" available now as a single. Written by… Read More

Trevor Bolder's "Sail the Rivers"Trevor Bolder was the bass player in Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Wishbone Ash and Uriah Heep, but passed away in 2013.  He left behind a s… Read More

By the time The Band was ready to record their third album, Stage Fright, in 1970, they were riding high from having released back-to-back albums that solidified them as one of the most exci… Read More

Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on December 18, 2020: Read More

Due to popular demand, The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert, which is scheduled for March 11, 2021 release, has added the DVD format to its roster. The concert will now be availab… Read More

The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is in parenthesis:Christmas - … Read More

Honoring Frank Sinatra's birthday and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of "The Chairman of the Board" founding Reprise Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises and UMe are releasing Frank Si… Read More

The top new country album by a veteran artist.Billboard has announced their end-of-year charts for 2020.  Here are the top country albums for the year by veteran artists (chart position… Read More

Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on December 4, 2020: Coming next Friday (December 18): Read More

I actually remember the moment when music took over my life. It was right around July 20, 1968. I don't know if that was the exact date, but I know it was the date on the first music chart… Read More

The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is in parenthesis:Christmas - … Read More

Macca to Mecca will be released January 29In the fall of 2017, when Little Steven landed in Liverpool on his sold out European tour with his newly reformed band the Disciples… Read More

Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on December 4, 2020: Coming Next Friday (December 11): Read More

The Top Album by a Veteran Artist for 2020Billboard has announced their end-of-year charts for 2020.  Here are the top albums for the year by veteran artists (chart position in parenthe… Read More

Top Veteran Artist Album for a Second WeekThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart positio… Read More

The Awards were held on 11/29/20The following are the winners from the 2020 Soul Train Awards (veteran artists are in blue):Best New Artist – Snoh AalegraSoul Train Certified Awar… Read More

Presley Was in the First of Six Weeks at #1Sixty years ago today (November 29, 1960), president-elect John F. Kennedy was briefed by CIA director Allen Dulles about the plans to overthrow… Read More

The top new albums by veteran artists released on November 27, 2020: Coming Next Friday (December 4):  Read More

The Grammys Will Air on CBSon Sunday, January 31The following are all the nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards:1. Record Of The YearAward to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording En… Read More

Number 1 in the U.S. This WeekThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is in pare… Read More

35 years ago today, Ronald Reagan returned to the U.S. from a summit with Russia's Mikhail Gorbachev and told congress the talks had opened a "new realism in American-Soviet relati… Read More

Dion Gets the Christmas Spirit With Two New TracksWith Thanksgiving looming, Rock Hall of Famer Dion returns yet again, this time with two brand new holiday themed tracks.  The new song… Read More

The top new albums by veteran artists released on November 20, 2020: Coming Next Friday (November 27): Read More

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours"The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is in parenthes… Read More

5th Week at #1 in the U.S.The top ten singles in the U.S. on November 14, 1970.1. I'll Be There - Jackson 5 2. We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters 3. Fire and Rain - James Taylor 4. I Th… Read More

The top new albums by veteran artists released on November 13, 2020:  Coming Next Friday (November 20):  Read More

Whitney is Houston's Third Diamond AlbumThe following are the gold and platinum albums and singles that were awarded by the RIAA in October 2020 to veteran artists who have been recording fo… Read More

54th Annual CMA AwardsThe following are the winners at last night's (November 11) Country Music Association Awards (winners are in bold, veteran artists are in blue): Entertainer of the Year… Read More

Top Album by a Veteran Artist - 2nd WeekThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position… Read More

The winners at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards (winners in bold, veteran artists in blue): Best VideoBillie Eilish -- everything i wantedCardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion --&nbs&hell…Read More

Len Barry (born Len Borisoff) died on Thursday (November 5) at the age of 78 from cancer of the bone marrow.   His career started as the lead singer of The Dovells, singing on s… Read More

Top Album in America by a Veteran ArtistThe following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position… Read More

Len Barry (1942 - 2020)Len Barry Ken Hensley of Uriah HeepStan KeslerRonnie Peel of Thunderclap NewmanBilly Joe ShaverJerry Jeff WalkerSpencer Davis Read More

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Top Album by a Veteran Artist (1 week)The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is… Read More

Queen Takes the Top Two SpotsTo celebrate the rerelease of the Walkman, Sony polled 2,000 people in Britain to determine the all-time favorite top 25 songs. The results:'Bohemian Rhapso… Read More

Coltrane's 1972 Debut AlbumThe American music landscape is littered with the careers of one-hit wonders yet, sometimes, those artists went on to continuing success in other parts of the worl… Read More

Williams' Second Album of Stadard PopI have never been able to understand why Robbie Williams was never able to break into the U.S. market. Yes, he started in the U.K. "boy band" Take That… Read More

Meghan Smith is an artist. I don't mean just a music artist, but also a mixed media artist, a writer and an animator. I don't remember where I first came upon the Canadian singer. It was so… Read More

In New York City, at 2880 Broadway, is a little establishment called Tom's Restaurant. Opened in the 1940's, it has been a favorite of the famous and the everyday citizen ever since but neve… Read More

Did you know that Randy Bachman is the only person to be inducted twice into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame? He didn't know it either! You can't blame him. Bachman has had an ama… Read More

When I was in my teens, there was a group of singer-songwriters that had a huge influence on my music taste and (at the time) performing, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Kris Kristofferson and Go… Read More

Brook Benton had one of the smoothest, soulful voices that I've ever heard. From his first hit, 1959's "It's Just a Matter of Time" to his duets with Dinah Washington to his comeback song "R… Read More

I have been a big fan of Sara Bareilles since the first time I heard "Love Song" on the radio. A talented singer and songwriter, she also has an amazing personality (which shows off the mou… Read More

Peter Green, the co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73. Green's path to Fleetwood Mac included time with the band Peter B's Looners followed by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers… Read More

There is nothing like live music. Not even because of the crowds or the immediacy but because of the excitement that a performer can bring to their original recorded version of a song. Plus… Read More

I can't really categorize Pomplamoose. One week, they are a band that records original music in a variety of genres. Another week, they are a covers band, both faithful copies and in drastic… Read More

If I HAD to pick one genre or era of music as my favorite, I would have to choose 70's soul. From the funk of the Brothers Johnson and Parliament-Funkadelic to the smooth sounds of the S… Read More

Johnny Nash, who is best known for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now", actually started his recording career in 1956 with a song called "A Teenager Sings the Blues". Signed to be a compet… Read More

There are recordings that I find haunting, which I'm not really sure is even the right word to describe the feeling. I'm not talking about ghosts and goblins but an almost dreamlike state wi… Read More

Tessa Violet is a relatively new artist who actually started as a vlogger in the early days of the new media form in 2007 under the name of Meekakitty. Six years later, she refocused as a mu… Read More

About a month ago, a friend posted on Facebook asking people to tell them their favorite song because they were looking for new things to listen to. I've been listening to and studying mu… Read More

Tracy Nelson has had one amazing career. From hanging in Chicago blues clubs as a teenager to her success with Mother Earth in the 60's and early-70's to her many solo albums… Read More

Lee Loughnane is one of the founding members of Chicago, who came together in 1967 and have gone on to become the second most successful American band of all-time after t… Read More

Paul Rodgers has had a career that most would envy. In the 70's, he was the lead singer of Free and Bad Company. The 80's brought The Firm, the 90's was The Law… Read More

Tony Joe White's latest album, Hoodoo, is one of the finest albums of the year. Stripped down to the bare essentials, the set is the epitome of great, bluesy, dirty swam rock. VVN Musi… Read More

Nils Lofgren has had one of the most diversified careers of the rock era. Over his 43 years in the business, he has played with the likes of Neil Young on his album After… Read More

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Mel Carter has had a terrific career in music from his days in gospel to his discovery by Quincy Jones, his working with Sam Cooke and his many hits like When a Boy… Read More

We are republishing all of our interviews, over the years, with some of great artists of the rock era.  Some were originally published on this page while others will be transcripts from… Read More

We are embarking on a project to republish all of our interviews, over the years, with some of great artists of the rock era.  Some were originally published on this page while others w… Read More

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Birthdays 1907 - Sunnyland Slim (born Albert Luandrew) (d. 1995) 1912 - John Cage (d. 1992) 1931 - Carmol Taylor (songwriter) (d. 1986) 1936 - Willie Woods (Junior Walker & the All… Read More

Birthdays 1905 - Meade Lux Lewis (d. 1964) 1915 - Dick Thomas (d. 2003) 1942 - Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & the Pips) 1944 - Gene Parsons (Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers) 1945… Read More

Birthdays 1915 - Memphis Slim (born John Chatman) (d. 1988) 1918 - Jimmie Riddle (country musician) (d. 1982) 1918 - Donna King (King Sisters) (d. 2007) 1925 - Hank Thompson (d. 2007) 1933… Read More

Birthdays 1912 - Johnnie Lee Wills (d. 1984) 1914 - Booker T. Laury (d. 1995) 1914 - Tom Glazer (d. 2003) 1925 - Hugo Montenegro (d. 1981) 1925 - Russ Conway (d. 2000) 1939 - Sam Gooden (Im… Read More

Birthdays 1927 - Tommy Evans (Ravens, Drifters) (d. 1984) 1931 - Boxcar Willie (born Lecil Martin) (d. 1999) 1933 - Conway Twitty (born Harold Jenkins) (d. 1993) 1944 - Archie Bell (Archie… Read More

Birthdays 1939 - Jerry Allison (Crickets) 1940 - Wilton Felder (Crusaders) (d. 2015) 1944 - Roger Dean (album cover artist) 1945 - Van Morrison 1945 - Bob Welch (d. 2012) 1948 - Rudolf Sc… Read More

Birthdays 1919 - Kitty Wells (born Muriel Deason) (d. 2012) 1928 - Johnny Mann (d. 2014) 1935 - John Phillips (Mamas & the Papas) (d. 2001) 1939 - Charles Colbert (American Breed) 1939… Read More

Birthdays 1900 - Buell Kazee (d. 1976) 1924 - Dinah Washington (d. 1963) 1927 - Jimmy C. Newman (d. 2014) 1934 - Gene Allison (d. 2004) 1943 - Dick Halligan (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1945… Read More

Birthdays 1918 - Leonard Berstein (d. 1990) 1927 - Monty Matthews (Jordanaires) (d. 2005) 1928 - Jerry Rivers (Hank William's Drifting Cowboys) (d. 1996) 1933 - Wayne Shorter (Weather Repor… Read More

Birthdays 1897 or 1898 - Fred Rose (d. 1954) 1905 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (d. 1974) 1915 - Wynonie Harris (d. 1969) 1924 - Louis Teicher (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2008) 1929 - Willie W… Read More

Birthdays 1900 - Malvina Reynolds (d. 1978) 1917 - Tex Williams (d. 1985) 1931 - Scott Turner (songwriter) (d. 2009) 1932 - Jack Earls 1936 - Rudy Lewis (Drifters) (d. 1964) 1938 - Roger G… Read More

Birthdays 1914 - Connie B. Gay (d. 1989) 1917 - John Lee Hooker (d. 2001) 1926 - Bob Flanigan (Four Freshman) (d. 2011) 1928 - Jerry Capehart (songwriter & manager) (d. 1998) 1929 - Fr… Read More

Birthdays 1904 - Count Basie (d. 1984) 1907 - Hy Zaret (born Hyman Zaritsky) (songwriter) (d. 2007) 1926 - Carolyn Leigh (songwriter) (d. 1983) 1930 - Christiane Legrand (Swingle Singers) (… Read More

Birthdays 1923 - Jim Reeves (d. 1964) 1931 - Paul Robi (Platters) (d. 1989) 1933 - Roland Janes (Sun records musician & producer) (d. 2013) 1934 - Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Flying Burrito Br… Read More

Birthdays 1935 - Earl Gaines (Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers) (d. 2009) 1939 - Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) 1940 - Johnny Nash 1940 - Roger Cook 1943 - Billy J. Kramer 1943 - Do… Read More

Birthdays 1906 - Curtis Jones (d. 1971) 1907 - Enoch Light (d. 1978) 1928 - Sonny Til (Orioles) (d. 1981) 1934 - Ronnie Carroll (d. 2015) 1938 - Allen Reynolds (country producer) 1939 - Mo… Read More

Birthdays 1919 - Georgia Gibbs (d. 2006) 1921 - Wayne Raney (d. 1993) 1921 - Betty Cody (d. 2014) 1933 - Mark Dinning (d. 1986) 1939 - Luther Allison (d. 1997) 1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray (Koe… Read More