If the world were divided between Megadeth fans and Metallica fans (which would be silly) then put me down with Mustaine, always.
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‘Love to Love You, Donna Summer’ | Deep Dive with the Queen of Disco
Donna Summer was huge when I was coming up through school. I thought she was sexy and a great performer with a powerful voice, but that was it. Not anymore.
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Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies Coming Soon
This 11th Annual Meet-Up takes us to their 1991 concert at Soldier’s Field in Chicago for 3 hours.
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Listen to new Pretenders Song from Upcoming Album
Through all the changes over the decades, Hynde and Pretenders remain one of the all-time best bands.
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Culture Club with Howard Jones and Berlin Tour Dates|Ticket Info
The thing is, most of these guys still sound pretty good for “legacy” acts. Damn good.
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Greta Van Fleet Release New Album and Tour Dates
I don’t know, man. I keep going back and forth on these dudes. This new album and tour will be the final proof either way for me.
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Alter Bridge | Sevendust | Mammoth WVH Announce Summer Tour
I’d go just for Wolf Van Halen. Look like they’e hitting a lot of medium markets, not just big cities. Tickets within from their websites.
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong’s New Gibson Guitar Line
remember how dwarfed by his aqua strat Billie Joe was back in the earliest days? This model is a good fit for him, literally and figuratively.
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Jim James Announces New 335 Guitar from Epiphone
He’s one of those guys who is now synonymous with the guitar he plays. When I see his arms, I expect them to be wrapped around a 335 shape.
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‘Jason Isbell: Running with Our Eyes Closed’
It’s so personal, so intimate, that it’s almost awkward to see him lay himself so bare. But it’s so good.
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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Releases His’59 Les Paul Replica
Ask a guitar fanatic what the number 9 2208 refers to, and they know right away, it’s Greeny- legendary status like this magical 1959 Les Paul Standard.
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‘Monumental: Ellie Goulding at Kew Gardens’
I think i only knew one song of hers but this intimate setting and sonic excellence have turned me into a fan. And i’s free to watch.
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‘Anvil Announce US Tour Dates for New Album’
I still watch the trailer from their doc a decade ago. And my eyes still water Bless these guys.
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‘Metal Church Back After Tragic Death of Band Member”
After nearly two years since the tragic death of Mike Howe, Metal Church are back with their 13th album.
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‘Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues’
there’s a tiny bit of bait & switch going on, since Stevie Ray is only a small portion here. But it turns out that Jimmie Vaughan can spin a good yarn
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Wolf Van Halen’s Mammoth with New Album and Dates
I mean, the kid is good. A new album follows his successful debut. Here are tour dates and tack listings
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Metallica Release New Album in Cinemas for One Night
All the info is here, except prices. Hopefully will be same as movie tix.
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Asia Release LP Set with Original Members Live in Tokyo
You can listen to some of it here. Sounds crisp, and Wetton was in good voice.
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Foo Fighters Carry On; Tickets and Dates Here
Foos will still be a band – some major festival announcements have been made. Tickets and Dates Here
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Journey Live in Concert at Lollapalooza Shocked Me
I’m tired of the firings and fighting and all that. Thank goodness the music sounds fantastic still.
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Faster Pussycat Release New Music | Listen Here
These are like riding in a Hot Rod with a with a blaring 8-track stereo keeping you company. Good and greasy.
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Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards | World’s Finest
How many Classical music conductors end up being such a big part of pop culture? Not many. These awards are a reminder to the younger generations.
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Listen to Song from German Metal Veteran Udo’s New Release
Still standing at 70 and marking the 35th Anniversary of U.D.O. Here’s a preview from the diminutive former singer of Accept.
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Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues | Things We Never Knew
If you are old enough to have an instant mental image of Louis Armstrong, I’ll bet you ten bucks that it was never this.
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‘Let There Be Drums’ | Cheery Doc is Unbeatable!
Passionate and powerful testimonials from people who are the best at what they do is always going to be infectious and delightful.
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‘Moonage Daydream’ Doc Turns David Bowie Story Into a Bore
The biggest fans may be the most disappointed. It plays like what we used to call a Midnight Movie, the viewers in altered states
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What if a Band Made a Record Using Artificial Intelligence?
The Facebook group I affectionately named Music Nerds was meant for people kinda like this
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Chloe Kay: Young Singer, Old Soul, New Music
You don’t expect such a soulful, seasoned voice to come from such a young singer, but Chloe’s stuff comes from deep down.
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Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley Among New Hall of Famers
The biggest names in Nashville showed up to honor three new Country Music Hall of Fame inductees.
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Stryper Still Forging Metal – Listen to New Tunes Here
Still sounding like the days when it was still okay for heavy music to have melody, vocal harmonies and booming drums.
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Darryl Jones: In The Blood | Rolling Stones Bassist’s Story
You drink a shot of whiskey every time someone describes Darryl Jones as “In the pocket,” you’ll be flat on your face in the first 20 minutes. Stones LOVE him
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Autograph Want You to ‘Turn Up the Radio’ with New Release
You couldn’t go anywhere in the world without hearing their ’84 smash hit. New album sounds really good, all these years later.
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Listen to Upcoming Petty Live at the Fillmore
Finally they’re doing Pre-Orders to avoid same day sell-outs!
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Blondie Release New Box Set and Graphic Novel
Seriously – how cool is this band? Look at these images and listen to an unreleased recording here.
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‘Vanilla Fudge’ Re-Mastered Album of Led Zeppelin Covers
The guys still have a lot of energy, both live and on record. Is this a good idea? Listen to this and decide.
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a-ha | Not A One-Hit Wonder! New Music and New Film Coming
They sound more robust, rich vocals and gorgeous orchestration. The cinematography is stunning.
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RATT’s Stephen Pearcy Signs Deal – New Music Coming+Tour
Even though I went in and out of my Metal phase, like so many of us who got old- I never stopped loving RATT.
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Tom Petty Camp Announces New Re-Issue Stuff
As I always say, I have absolutely no financial interest-not selling anything, but always like to pass along Petty news, hope it helps his heirs and the guys
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‘This is GWAR’ | Behind the Stupidest, Smartest, Grossest Band
What got to me was seeing guys who really were in it for art’s sake looking back from middle age, having never gotten rich, and having lost good friends.
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Foo Fighters Announce Line up and Ticket Info for Taylor Hawkins Tribute
Official link to sanctioned ticket sales and pre-sales, plus newly announced line up of performers
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Tom Petty Camp Re-Issues Vintage-Style Swag
The Petty folks are putting out vintage posters and apparel in, they say, response to requests from fans.
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‘We Are the Thousand’ | How They Got Foo Fighters to Play Their Town
Remember that video of hundreds of musicians in an open field, playing in sync to get the attention of Foo Fighters? Here’s the story.
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How to See the Global Release of ‘George Michael Freedom Uncut’
Here is the official trailer and link to tickets for the June 22nd theatrical release.
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How to Get Tom Petty Box Set on Clear Vinyl
There is every reason to believe that a second pressing is coming. You can even get on the wait list here.
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‘One Perfect Shot’ Review | A Film Nerd’s Paradise
These short, binge-able episodes are cool one-on-ones with top directors , who pull back the curtain.
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‘Torch’ a Revealing Look at Blues Legend Buddy Guy
He’s been described as the last man standing among the Blues legends of the past century. He is living music history.
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Mike Campbell Keeps Tom Petty Vibe Alive | New Music & Tour
Mike Campbell was arguably the most important musician in Tom Petty’s entire life. You can hear traces of Petty’s voice and echoes of Heartbreakers
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‘Blues on Beale’ Review | This Film Makes Your Ears Happy
In ‘Blues on Beale,’ you’ll see and hear enough to lift you ten feet off the ground, if you’re a fan – and just enough to draw you in if you’re not.
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Tom Petty Estate Releases Colored Vinyl for Valentines
If his surviving family and the surviving members of The Heartbreakers can benefit from this, I’m all for it.
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Her Name Isn’t ‘Melody’ By Accident | A Family in Harmony
I love to spotlight people who are making music in their home studios and getting it out to the world. Listen to this song!
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New Music That Makes Your Ears Happy From Paul Andrews
You’d guess him to be a bass vocalist. But, no. When he sings, a surprisingly sweet, sometimes soothing, sometimes soaring, voice makes your ears happy.
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‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Doc | Facts Behind the Fever
Now with age and what little wisdom that imparted, I can see the musical artistry within Disco. This doc makes a solid case for that revelation.
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‘Listening to Kenny G’ Doc |Even the Haters Will Smile
75 million records sold is its own brand of protective underwear. Michael Bolton and Nickelback have pairs just like it.
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‘Jagged’ Review | Alanis Morissette Looks Back in Revealing Doc
Now a Mom in her late 40s with a cogent perspective on a 21 year old conquering the world and lighting the fuse to an explosive cultural phenomenon
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Watch New Tom Petty Documentary Here – Free & Full-Length
It took quite a while to secure a distributor, but I think it was worth the wait, because it is now accessible worldwide for FREE! You can watch it now
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‘Bitchin’:The Sound and Fury of Rick James’Dives Super Deep
Forget the cartoon Chapelle Show Rick James persona- he was a serious man, with serious talent and insight, which this doc skillfully lays out
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Review: ‘Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage’ | 3 ½ out of 4 Stars
By the end of the weekend, there had been sexual assualts, fires, and ragey white frat bros gone wild
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Review: ‘Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over’ Plumbs Pioneer’s Past
Get ready to have your face melted off by her brutal honesty and larger-than-life persona.
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Listen to New Songs and New Guitar from Alex Lifeson of RUSH
On his two new songs which he wrote and plays everything except bass (Andy Curran does that), Lifeson has broadened his sonic identity.
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New Music from Styx and Dennis DeYoung. Who’s Done Better Since Split?
The guy who made the best Styx songs, yet also arguably ruined the band, is still creating. His former bandmates are, too.
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TV Review ‘1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything’
through its sheer length, eight episodes worth, it also offers a deeper dive than what you may have seen before.
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Peter Frampton Back in the News with Guitar, Memoir and Album
What I did not know until today, is that the guitar on millions of album covers disappeared. Everyone assumed that it was destroyed in a cargo plane crash
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The 5 Minutes That Changed My Musical Life Forever
A student made his way to the center of the stage. We instantly recognized him, he was one of the “special ed” kids. What’s he doing here?
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‘Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute’ Makes Your Ears Feel So Good.
this concert film is the kind of thing you can listen to without necessarily watching it. You can also enjoy it more than once.
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Tom Petty: New Film, New Music Coming and New Signature Gibson Guitar
doesn’t include anything that wasn’t from that period in 94 when Petty felt he was making the best album of his career.
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Daniel Lanois Drops Stunning Mix of Gospel, Chill and Lo-Fi on New Album. Listen Here:
The trick that Lanois has pulled off is to take all of those recognizable genres and fuse them into something you have not heard before.
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New Solo Album from Guns N’ Roses Alum Gilby Clarke Has Great Classic Rock Vibe
His forthcoming album ‘The Gospel Truth’ is a super solid, head-bopping rocker. The songs are catchy
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Review: Geoff Tate Brings Classic Queensrÿche Sound to Sweet Oblivion
When I interviewed Geoff Tate of Queensrÿche in late 1984, he had just come offstage, having opened for Ronnie James Dio. Covered in sweat and breathing like a chainsmoker who’s just climbed 10 flights of stairs, Tate was otherwise calm and collected. You wouldn’t have guessed that he had just…
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Punk Pioneer Johnny Thunders with Release From Beyond the Grave
Johnny Thunders is a true punk rock legend. He shot to stardom as a founding member of the iconic NEW YORK DOLLS. After a stint with the Dolls he then went on to form his own band Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers. Thunders sadly lost his life in 1991 aged…
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Things I Never Thought I’d Say: QUEEN Have A New Video Game Out
Here’s something teenage Queen fan me never imagined he’d write someday: there’s a new mobile video game that features the sights and sounds of, yes, Queen. I also never thought the video game avatars would be so cute and have that Funko Pop appearance. I guess if you live long…
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Vanilla Fudge Drop Remastered Version of Zeppelin’s ‘Rock and Roll’
I love me some Hammond B-3 organ, I love keys – but 60s rock organ has never appealed to me. Doors, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple – all bands whose music kinda lost me with too much of that kind of organ at the top of the mix. I have to…
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Concert Cruises Are Selling New Shows. Are You Ready to Set Sail Yet?
Before the days of Covid – music vacation cruises were more popular than ever and still on the rise. It sounds like a fun idea: spend a few days or a week on a cruise ship with some of your favorite musical artists. Who knows, maybe you’ll bump into them…
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Wolfgang Van Halen Drops Two Singles +Album Release Date. Listen Here!
There is no bigger Michael Anthony fan than I. It’s true that he was the only one of the original band who didn’t look like a rockstar, but he could sing his balls off. Those high harmonies that he contributed are as important to the VH signature as Eddie’s guitar…
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Watch This Doc About the Great Eva Cassidy Here for Free
I just found out, thanks to my friend, Jeff – there’s a documentary about the late, great Eva Cassidy, and you can watch it free, right now, right here: A new article by the great John Kelly in the Washington Post tells the story of Eva beautifully, just just a…
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Review: New Prog Rock Supergroup Arc of Life Make the Music Accessible
Just the other day, I mentioned to a fellow music nerd that the genre that would surely put me to sleep the fastest would be early 70s Prog Rock from the likes of Genesis and YES. To be fair, I was talking about songs clocking in at over twenty minutes.…
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Review: Kick Ass Movie “Rock Camp” Released Today On Demand!
Review: Rock Camp | 3 out of 4 Stars | Not Rated By Kyle Osborne A cynical person would say that “Rock Camp” is really just a long infomercial for Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, and maybe it is. But I don’t care – the ordinary people who attend these…
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Review: “Zappa” Documentary Not Just For Hardcore Fans| 3 ½ out of 4 Stars
Review: Zappa | 3 ½ out of 4 Stars | Not Rated | By Kyle Osborne When I was 21 years old, I interviewed Frank Zappa backstage before a show in Brussels, Belgium. He was not happy to be there. He was exactly twice my age on that night, and…
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Movie Review: ‘All I Can Say’ – Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon Filmed His Own Doc
All I Can Say | 2 out of 4 Stars | Not Rated By Kyle Osborne The “Bee Girl” was everywhere in 1993. You couldn’t turn on MTV without seeing the video for the Blind Melon song, “No Rain.” Interspersed with the inscrutable girl were the band members, performing a…
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Review: The Irishman | 4 out of 4 Stars | Rated R
By Kyle Osborne You might well say that director Martin Scorsese is plowing familiar ground in The Irishman, an epic mobster movie that features his two legendary go-to guys: Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. But, come on, who would you rather see at the helm of a 3 ½…
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Review: Echo in the Canyon | 3 out of 4 Stars
Echo in the Canyon | 3 out of 4 Stars| PG-13 (for drug references and some suggestive content) By Kyle Osborne We are living in a Golden Age of music documentaries. Maybe it’s just a function of so many streaming services needing content to fill out their programming? Maybe filmmakers…
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Ex-Mavericks Robert Reynolds on the Long Road Back
By Kyle Osborne It’s a new year that we’ve stumbled into, dazed from all that has transpired in the previous twelve months. But here we are, looking for a fresh start, putting one foot ahead of the other and striving for something better. Maybe something like redemption. Robert Reynolds knows…
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Review: Donny and Marie: Christmas at the National
By Kyle Osborne Donny and Marie, the Osmond siblings who have no memory of any point in their lives when they weren’t in show business, are the last living links (along with Wayne Newton) to the part of Vegas that, itself, remains the last living link to Vaudeville. Their Vegas…
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Music Review: #Eminem ‘s New Album: ‘The Marshall Mathers LP II’
New Music Review: ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2’ by Eminem By Andy Hoglund , Special Contributor to Entertainment Or Die “I’ve still got a lot of growing up to do… But when it’s all said and done I’ll be 40 Before I know it…” -Eminem, age 26, The Marshall Mathers…
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Musician Justin Trawick One Of Northern Virginia’s Finest! Watch The Video
Northern Virginia is fertile ground for amazing, original music, and Justin Trawick is one of the area’s very best. If you haven’t had a chance to check him out yet, you’ve got some great opportunities coming up. Justin’s July schedule shapes up like this: Upcoming Shows: Jul 12, 2013 –…
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Concert Review: Wayne Newton at The Birchmere
By Kyle Osborne His hair is still black as crude oil, the fabled Golden Microphone in his hand still shines brightly, reflecting the spotlight’s rays to the back of the house, and as he makes his way from the dressing room to the place he feels most at home, Wayne…
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Great New Shows On Sale Now at The Birchmere
Tue. Jul. 23: BURTON CUMMINGS burtoncummings.com http://www.ticketmaster.com/burton-cummings-alexandria-virginia-07-23-2013/event/15004AAE9A722EF6 Thu. Aug. 22: AMY GRANT amygrant.com Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/amy-grant-alexandria-virginia-08-22-2013/event/15004AA705207B46 Thu. Oct. 10: JORGE DREXLER www.jorgedrexler.com Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/jorge-drexler-alexandria-virginia-10-10-2013/event/15004AAE9AE52F45 Sat. Nov. 2: TOM PAXTON www.tompaxton.com Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/tom-paxton-alexandria-virginia-11-02-2013/event/15004AAE9B6E2F81 Fri. Nov. 8: DAVID BROMBERG BIG BAND www.davidbromberg.net Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com/david-bromberg-big-band-alexandria-virginia-11-08-2013/event/15004AAE9C2B301B…
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Rare Backstage Interview with Stevie Ray Vaughan 1984
Talk about “raw” footage–what you’re about to see is very raw, unedited and rare, although it smooths out after a few seconds. In the summer of 1984, my cameraman, Tom Murphy, and I shot a few songs of SRV from just a few feet away with a handheld news camera.…
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Concert Review: Shout Out Louds at 9:30 Club, Washington DC
After a three year absence from the venue that broke their Swedish cherries back in 2005, when they played the U.S. and the 9:30 Club for the first time, Shout Out Louds hit the stage with the kind of anxious energy that comes with the first night of a tour.…
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Music Review: U.D.O. Release New Single Ahead of CD, Plus North American Tour Dates
Review By Kyle Osborne Artist: U.D.O. CD: Steelhammer (dropping May 2013) Single: “Metal Machine” The first thirty seconds of U.D.O.’s new single “Metal Machine” grab you by the undies and pull…real hard. It’s an intro with an announcement: you’re about to get rocked, and you’re gonna like it. Menacing guitar…
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Jeffrey Osborne Music Review and Backstage Interview
. Hits like “On The Wings Of Love,” and You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) were crossover smashes that you still know by heart.
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Interview: Jon Carroll Steps Into The Spotlight For A Night
The great Jon Carroll is playing a solo show this Thursday night at The Athenaeum in Olde Towne Alexandria. From the Starland Vocal Band To Mary-Chapin Carpenter, he’s had his plate full for decades. Fans of his solo recordings are going to be treated to a good humored raconteur, as…
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Watch Derek Evry’s First Official Video
I’m so proud of Derek Evry–this guy has steadfastly hammered away at songwriting and performing, growing with every passing year. His band’s first video looks great and you can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGW-4CCqbJQ&feature=youtu.be And Derek was kind enough to give me a fun interview when I was just starting my…
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“ASIA” Reunites For New Studio Album and Tour
ASIA RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM “XXX” WITH ORIGINAL LINE-UP: GEOFF DOWNES, STEVE HOWE, CARL PALMER & JOHN WETTON BRITISH SUPERGROUP CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH UK TOUR AND 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF DEBUT ALBUM Thirty years after its eponymous debut album, ASIA ascended to the top of the…
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Concert Review: Radiohead at DC’s Verizon Center
“….Thom Yorke and the boys were in fine form from start to finish. Opening with “Bloom” from their most recent CD, “King Of Limbs,” the band rolled through sixteen songs before performing another seven during two encores. Fans hoping for a greatest hits compilation may well have been disappointed, but…
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Backstage With Justin Townes Earle
I see that the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine has given a mention to JTE, and it’s well deserved. His latest CD is great and he seems to be heading in a positive direction. Here’s a few minutes with him backstage at the legendary Birchmere Music Hall. Tweet Pin…
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You can speculate on just how far his hairline recedes beneath his ever present bandana, and you can slag off his band Poison, now celebrating 25 years as one the 80’s most loved and loathed “Hair Metal” bands. But what you absolutely cannot do, ever, is suggest that Bret Michaels…
Read MoreA Brief History Of The Birchmere
The man behind the legendary music hall covers 4 decades in 2 minutes. A cool look at one of the best concert venues in the country. Please visit www.EntertainmentOrDie.com . Tweet Pin It
Read MoreArlington’s Best Singer-Songwriter Derek Evry Continues March Toward World Domination
Those are my words, not his, and, yeah, I exaggerate a bit. But Derek Evry never sleeps—the man continues to crank out new songs at a fierce pace, and I haven’t seen anyone in Arlington who has a better sense of melody.Here’s a portion of his latest goings on, in…
Read MoreThe Ultimate 311 Tribute Band And Complete Summer 2011 Tour Dates For 311 with Sublime
[bliptv AYK%2Bi2QA] EntertainmentOrDie.com has gotten a TON of traffic from 311 fans nationwide over the past month or so. If you are among those true believers, then take a look at the brief profile of the Ultimate 311 tribute band video on the player above. Then be sure to “LIKE”…
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