Arts and Entertainment

When Cat Stevens converted to Islam in 1977, he changed his name and dropped out of the music industry for almost 30 years. He made headlines in 1989 when he…

I've been talking a lot about power pop recently, mainly because it seems Jason330 is a fan of the genre even if he didn't realize what it was called. So…

I'm invoking our new Earworm Warning for this one, which I first heard when it was released in 2014 and not much since. Yet it popped into my head unbidden…

Can someone please explain why Viagra hasn't used this as their theme song? The Young brothers didn't even bother to disguise it a double entendre -- it's crystal clear what…

The American answer to the British Invasion was in full swing by 1965, when a Cleveland R & B outfit called the Starfires got signed to Capitol Records and changed…

Anybody who's seen "Animal House" remembers the scene at the Dexter Lake Club -- "Otis! My man!" -- and the song Otis Day and the Knights launch into as it…

"Band on the Run" is a contender for best post-Beatles album by any of the Fab Four. It's full of solid songs beyond the monster hits, especially this grinding number…

They're from New Zealand, they're a bunch of kids who know each other from high school, they're making a splash stateside (they played Philly last week) and the title track…

You're in luck. I've booked him for a show at the Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 8 p.m. Jason Ricci is the reigning, and 2-time, Blues…

This 1971 stoner classic is the answer to the trivia question, "What's the only song covered by both the Grateful Dead and Lawrence Welk?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxA1MkEkyo Folk duo Mike Brewer and…

When Donald Trump proclaimed Sunday via Twitter, "I am an innocent man," was I the only one whose mental jukebox immediately jumped to Billy Joel singing that line? But I…

Springsteen sang this at the 9/11 memorial concert, and its gospel inflections and its message of hope amid the wreckage fit the moment so well that most people thought it…

It's hard to remember now, after decades of listening to him sing shlock, that Rod Stewart was once an artist who mattered. He could rock as raucously as the Rolling…