Arts and Entertainment

Joe Biden is hitting America's homicidal Republicans with his best shot -- a vaccine mandate that's popular with over 60% of the public, even in deep-red states. Somebody should tell…

The obituary identifies Big Daddy Graham, who died yesterday at 68, as a longtime WIP radio-show host, and that was definitely the most successful of his various gigs. But anyone…

Pete 'n' Val have a secret, but it's not hard to guess what it is: Gerald Brady will not be expelled from the General Assembly. This was the first Beatles…

This song just missed topping the charts twice -- the first time as South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela's instrumental version, which reached No. 1 in 1968, and again in 1970,…

Songwriter and country singer Tom T. Hall died last month, and the world lost a wise old soul when he did. Hall wrote more than 20 No. 1 hits on…

There's so much to enjoy (and possibly to be offended by) this month.  In other words, my kind of list: CATBITE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnTMhr_Mg8c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wixtkRwSQR4 "I'm good, I'm veryvery good." BONUS: Videos…

Now that the Dixie Chicks have dropped the "dixie" from their name, I got to wondering. They named themselves after the Little Feat song, not the Confederacy, so if the…

Everybody has their favorite bands, and these sisters are one of mine. The radio studio is a perfect setting for this stripped-back version of one of Sheryl Crow's earliest hits,…

If it smells like turpentine and looks like India ink, Trumpers would probably take it before they'll take that commie socialist vaccine. Though it's been covered by scores of groups,…

There aren't all that many '90s bands still making new music, and fewer still sound like they did back then. The Johns, Flansburgh and Linnell, have a new album --…

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died yesterday at age 80, was the unlikeliest rock star ever. He was the opposite of every rock cliche, which is more amazing when…

...the following great concerts. My musical dance card is officially full--at least through February.  I'm really psyched about these shows that I'm bringing to the Gild Hall this year: An…