March 2, 2017
A new festival will bring its inaugural events to New York City and Los Angeles this summer, and iconic bands the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac are reportedly set to headline, Billboard reports. The festivals, dubbed Classic East and Classic West, will take place at New York’s Citi Field and Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium in July, […]
August 10, 2016
Paul McCartney graces the new cover of Rolling Stone and spoke to David Fricke about numerous topics, with a Q&A with the famed Beatle posted to the publication’s website. Among the highlights include McCartney touching on his current relationship with Yoko Ono. “It’s really good actually,” he said. “My big awakening was, if John loves this […]
Bradley Tucker on February 8, 2016
Geoff Trump is sitting in his London hotel room. He has just come off a 21-date international tour with Dave Matthews Band that took them to Abu Dhabi for their first ever Asian performance as well as 13 other countries. Dave Matthews Band officially formed in 1991 and Trump has been with them in different roles […]
Jeff Tamarkin on November 6, 2015
For many baby boomers, 2015 has served as something of a reality check as we’ve celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and several other bands that would later become game-changers. But in 1965, the 45 r.p.m. single was still where it was at—at least until the release of […]
December 5, 2014
Glyn Johns Sound Man: A Life Recording Hits with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Faces… Graham Nash Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life The preface to Glyn Johns’ memoir Sound Man, opens with a question that someone poses to him: “What exactly does a record producer do?” […]
August 28, 2014
Back in November 2009 we presented our list of the Greatest 50 Concerts from 1959-2009 with commentary by our staff and some special guest writers. Last Thursday we posted numbers 50-31 and the countdown continues today… 30. James Brown, Boston Garden, Boston, Mass., April 5, 1968 James Brown played the Boston Garden the day after […]
