Posts by Alby

Cleaning out a CD rack this weekend I ran across "Stuck on Nothing," the debut album from this Philadelphia-based power pop quartet. Critics mostly loved it, and Rolling Stone called…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Iconic British DJ John Peel called it his favorite song ever. He cried when he first heard it. He had lyrics from it carved on…

California hippie-rockers Canned Heat, founded by blues aficionados Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, had their biggest US hit with this tune. It became an anthem for the back-to-the-country movement that…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona It must have been weird being the son of Jerry Lewis. Did the comedian make funny faces and flop onto the floors around the house…

The obituaries for Nichelle Nichols, who died late last week at age 89, naturally headlined her historic role as Lt. Uhura on the original "Star Trek," and admirably highlighted her…

The British Invasion was so all-encompassing that pretty much any act with English accents soared up the charts. Consider the case of Chad and Jeremy, who scored a handful of…

One of the pleasures of the internet is the easy access to historical footage, and I always get a kick out of early performances of now-classic music. I remember when…

Joni Mitchell, rarely seen in public over the last decade, played what amounted to a whole set Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival. Her appearance wasn't announced in advance --…