Posts by Alby

In 1985, when Ronald Reagan was saber-rattling against the Soviet Union, Sting included this song on his first solo album, "Dream of the Blue Turtles." Released as the fourth single…

For a while in the early '70s, Rod Stewart was the best Bob Dylan interpreter around. His recordings don't make the "Best Bob Dylan Covers" lists anymore, but this one…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona The desert, with its big sky, endless waves of sand and scattered cactuses, has inspired a lot of music lately. It’s no surprise that dry…

I don't expect the death last week of Gary Brooker, frontman for Procol Harum, to put a stop to fans advocating for the band's induction to the Rock Hall of…

Playing for Change, the non-profit music education charity that proselytizes and raises money by sharing covers featuring musicians both famous and obscure from all over the world, dropped a killer…

While rock's Jurassic generation keeps grinding on -- look, another tour by 79-year-old Paul McCartney! -- its more recent Cretaceous Period relics are dying out. Mark Lanegan, frontman for Screaming…

I don't know all that much about the situation in the Ukraine, and if you're honest about it neither do you. I just think that the fewer innocent people who…

The second-biggest hit for the only band fit to play on Presidents Day, a No. 1 hit on the Modern Rock chart in 1995. They got the record's sound by…

Cat Stevens' first Top 40 single as a performer wasn't his biggest hit -- it only reached No. 11, but it's his most-covered by a wide margin. So far the…

It had been nearly nine months since Randy Rainbow's last musical parody video before he dropped this one on the unsuspecting internet last week. I was concerned that, like earlier…

If you wanted to commission a love song for a late-'80s rom-com, is Randy Newman the guy you'd turn to? As his girlfriend asks in the video, "What's the matter?…