While George Michael was always an avid Beatles fan for most of his life, not everything they did had to be gold in his eyes, ...

Tommy Emmanuel releases Living In The Light, his first solo album in ten years, featuring a heartfelt version of Sharon O’Neill’s Maxine and a US tour launching at the Ryman Auditorium.

Lee Fisher imagines himself in a smoky dark room with two fingers of bourbon and immerses himself into the world of Holly Golightly ...

A Thomas Truax set is much more than a gig. It’s  a multi–sensory experience; a 3D, 360 degree piece of highly skilled musical performance art. Inventor, recounter and songwriter Truax would fit ...

Heavys are the world’s first headphones designed specifically for hard rock and heavy metal. Featuring eight drivers with ...

"Ball and Chain" by Big Brother and the Holding Company and "Never Going Back Again" by Fleetwood Mac are underrated classic ...

Ongoing health issues have forced Minnesota rocker Brian Setzer to cancel a fall tour with his old band the Stray Cats.

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Is it possible the Big Ten is this year’s SEC? The SEC was the best league in college basketball, placing a record 14 teams in the NCAA Tournament. It’s hard to believe that will be repeated, but the ...

Living by the creed of "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" can be a lot of fun. But as anyone who has tried that approach likely knows, it can also get out of hand quite quickly. Drugs in anyone's world, ...

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