You might have seen the Buzzfeed interview and profile of Katie McHugh, a former Breitbart writer who now calls herself a former white nationalist, or maybe some of the voluminous…
Old-timers might remember that when Bruce Springsteen was first signed to Columbia Records, he was promoted as the "new Dylan" -- or, rather, the latest in a long line of…
H/t to Nancy Willing, whose Traffic video posts got me listening to Blind Faith, Steve Winwood's collaboration with Eric Clapton. The supergroup was formed after Clapton left Cream and Winwood…
Bob Dylan writes so many songs he can't use them all. Some he leaves as demos that get out and get finished by others. Some he tosses into side projects…
Three Dog Night had the hit with it, but "Liar" was written by Argent guitarist Russ Ballard and was included on the band's first album. I'm sure it will turn…
I find myself disagreeing with Markos Moulitsas when he says things like "Democrats must nominate a woman" and similar proclamations that are too calculating by half. I also dislike his…
MTV changed how music was promoted, but we tend to forget that when music videos were a new medium, record companies weren't inclined to spend much (read "any") money on…
This seems like as good a time as any to remind everyone that "united we stand, divided we fall," even if it took Wilbert Harrison years to realize it. The…
While the ongoing destruction of the American republic dominates the news, the ongoing destruction of the Earth's ecosystem struggles for attention, as evidenced by last week's UN report that one…
Chicago Transit Authority, or Chicago as the band became known after the real CTA threatened a lawsuit, is remembered mostly as a soft-rock purveyor of sappy adult-contemporary material, because that's…
H/t to RE Vanella, who pointed out that yesterday would have been Pete Seeger's 100th birthday. In addition to playing a key role in the 20th century folk music revival,…
Everybody knows the various Rick Derringer versions of his rock standard, but its first appearance on vinyl (that's all we had back then, kids) came on "Johnny Winter And," the…