Ronnie Milsap has beaten all the odds as a blind country performer, who has enjoyed crossover appeal to other markets, especially the Pop markets. With songs like “It Was Almost…
Gentle Giant, the excellent progressive rock band with an excellent run from 1970 until 1980, produced a series of great and enduring albums for several labels. In fact, over the…
Back in 1986, a surprise international hit arrived on radios, and MTV’s video days, called “Breakout”. The song was from Swing Out Sister, a three-member band from Manchester (UK), currently…
Suzi Quatro, although born in the US, earned her Rock and Roll stripes in the UK. With a string of hits, songs that many of us here in the States…
If you watch classic films (films like the Pink Panther), then you have heard Henry Mancini in one form or another. His composition brilliance is world renowned. Mancini’s most revered…
Not all great guitarists are/were named Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck. While those are just a few names that easily pop into the mind when…
Over the years, Wishbone Ash has taken several identities, some necessitated by eventual departures. When the original quartet was shaken by the departure of Ted Turner after the issue of…
In 2013, prior to the release of his newest solo effort, Lion (2014), Peter Murphy toured the US and Europe on his Mr Moonlight Tour. During this three-month tour, Murphy,…
There’s a ton of vinyl releases on the calendar. I thought I’d better brig some of them to your attention (for the vinyl lover, in any case). Here we go:…
Stevie Ray Vaughan made a name for himself within the hot corridors of Texas. Before long, that fame was extended throughout the Us, then the entire world. Fans of his…
When you talk about Ozzy Osbourne, you’re rewarded with a wealth of remembrances. Generally, those warm, fuzzy feelings emanate from his years with the seminal Black Sabbath. That’s especially true…
Pegi Young is best known as the wife of Neil Young. But she has been a music contributor for years with her band known as The Survivors. With the release…