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The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
Happy Birthday to composer, musician, record producer and singer-songwriter Todd Rundgren, born on June 22nd, 1948. His career is amazing in it’s diversity; he’s written and recorded 21 studio albums as a solo artist and with Nazz, Runt, and Utopia. He also recorded and toured with the New Cars, Ringo Starr’s All-Starr band, and performed [...]
Andy McKee
This guy has an awesome technique with really great sounding acoustic guitars. Andy McKee’s style of percussive finger-picking is jaw-dropping good. This is music that takes me to an amazing space. It’s the same feeling I had when I first heard Crosby, Stills & Nash. “Drifting” is from Andy McKee’s first CD ‘Art of Motion’ [...]
Road Songs
usatoday.com has an offbeat story that caught our attention. Here’s a much better video on YouTube with the news story embedded, than the one highlighted in USAtoday. Kudos to Honda for coming up with another unique marketing idea. This makes us wonder what other kind of musical magic could be embedded into a road or [...]
One Kind Favor from B.B. King
B.B. King has released a new album of old covers. Blues covers from his early influences. The CD is produced by the man with the midas touch, T Bone Burnett. The album revisits the music of the 1950′s, early in B.B.’s professional career, and recreates that vintage 50′s sound by reproducing the studio conditions of [...]
Fire and Ice
It’s really cold here in Dallas. The frigid air burns my nose as I walk through the freezing rain. Makes me think about getting warm. Going home to a nice fireplace, a cup of hot coffee, and some classic rock to warm my soul. So, as I sip on a mug of steaming java, my [...]
Stone Sour hits the road "Come What(ever) May"
Stone Sour lead vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root (who do double duty in multi-platinum, Grammy winners Slipknot,) bassist Shawn Economaki, guitarist Josh Rand and new drummer Roy Mayorga will return August first with “Come What(ever) May” on Roadrunner Records, their first studio album in four years. Look for the band to hit the [...]
Christmas Music Part II
I’m putting together my own collection of Christmas music…obscure, off-the-beaten path, unusual type stuff and the classic standards. Over the years I’ve collected dozens of CD’s and cassettes of various Christmas music that I’d like to share with friends and family. I’ve often thought about it, and this year I’ve decided it’s about time it [...]
