Posts by Alby

This seems like a good time to get a bargain on a super-yacht, as governments around the world (not the US, yet) have begun seizing atop-the-liquid assets owned by oligarchs…

It's raining all over the world. From "On the Third Day," ELO's third LP and its first without co-founder Roy Wood, released in 1973. The single reached No. 12 in…

Keith Emerson was probably the most technically accomplished keyboard player rock ever saw, and he loved to show off his chops by covering the classics. For The Nice, his band…

In another sign that the pandemic is slackening, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras this year after Covid forced last year's cancellation. You can watch some of the parades live…

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…