When doing my weekly This Week in Rock History post, I often think about doing a deeper dive into the acts, albums, artists, concerts,...

Fifty years ago This Week in Rock History, I was a part of Wisconsin’s first outdoor rock festival. The Sound Storm event took place...

It was a week ago that I learned that John Prine had died — apparently, the first Maker of The Music to fall victim to the Coronavirus...

Not long after I heard the One Hit Wonder that inspired my previous post, “How Long ” by Ace — perhaps even that same weekend, on the...

We were on the road a few weeks ago, listening to one of the soft-rock stations on Sirius — The Bridge, or maybe Yacht Rock, compromise...

Some bits and pieces … Joni Reprised My blog post about Joni Mitchell’s 75th-birthday post ran a bit long, so I never got to the lady’s...

OK, the name of the PBS special this blog post is about is Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration. But I didn’t see it until Canadian...

It’s that time of year when costumed creatures show up at our doors asking for treats. No, I’m not talking about Halloween. Not that...

Peter Edward Baker left the planet a couple weeks ago — and left it without one of the best rock drummers ever. Known as Ginger — because...

(Resuming my blog post about The Band and Abbey Road.) Not surprised that the “Paul Is Dead” hoax helped sell more of the earlier Beatle...