Posts by Alby

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Everybody knew Johnny Mathis could sing. His satiny voice sold a lot of records. But he didn’t exactly swing and his voice didn’t have that…

Written by Don Covay, a singer and songwriter who got his start working for Little Richard – as both his chauffeur and his opening act – when Atlantic Records head…

No song about London has been recorded more often than "The Streets of London" – there reportedly have been more than 200 covers over the years. Ralph McTell wrote it…

In our apocalyptic age it's hard to remember that the media has always peddled stories of impending doom. When Joe Strummer wrote this song in 1979, he recalled later, "I…

Sometimes a song intended as homage nails it so well it's hard to tell it from the original. That's the case with "Jeff Lynne," indie pop-rocker Paul Melançon's tribute to…

Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader, and frequently the only member, of World Party, died at his home in England two weeks ago of a stroke. He…

Richard Serra, whose massive steel sculptures – the less artistically inclined among us would describe them as walls – were the source of controversy and a federal lawsuit, has died…

From Counting Crows' debut album, "August and Everything After," released in 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bxohwsx14Q

Dedicated to Donald Trump, with all the sympathy he deserves. Barenaked Ladies wrote about what they'd do with a million dollars even before the band formed in 1988. Frontmen Steven…

Life, as we know, imitates "The Simpsons," which is why we got a Trump presidency. Even minor gags from long-ago episodes have come to pass: The U.S. won the Olympic…