The Dallas Morning News is reporting that a warehouse that once held a makeshift recording studio used by Vocalion Records is being threatened with demolition. Music historians believe that the...
Zakk Knight of Indianapolis, Indiana has been named the recipient of the 2009 New Generation Award by the Robert Johnson Blues Foundation. Knight will receive a very cool Gibson "Robert...
Blues guitarist Robert Ward, nicknamed "The King of the Magnatone" for his inspired use of the amplifier's unique sound, passed away on Christmas day at the age of 70 years...
The blockbuster season has gotten off to a pretty good start money-wise behind the good opening weekend fortunes of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Trek . I only see the latter as having any long term success, but I could be wrong. Anyway, week three sees us step away from the big effects, teen-targeted blockbusters to a potentially more thoughtful thriller aimed at an audience that skews older. I have to wonder if it has the strength to climb to the top, or if last week's champ, Star Trek , will stay at the top on the strength of its positive word of mouth. Aside from that, we also get a limited release romantic comedy that hopes to do well enough to garner a wider release.
Angels & Demons. (2009, 140 minutes, PG-13, thriller) A few years ago, director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks teamed up for The DaVinci Code . That film arrived amid immense hype and a boatload of
The big news this week is of course Green Day's much-anticipated punk-opera 21st Century Breakdown . Green Day's album is one which is sure to be carefully watched by industry bean-counters. Their last album, American Idiot , was an all too rare modern-day multi-platinum selling physical CD in the MP3 era. But decades from now it may well also be remembered as symbolizing the Bush era in the same way that people like Bob Dylan are considered synonymous with the sixties. Our own Jordan "J-Rich" Richardson will be along shortly to provide his own 21st century breakdown of sorts on whether or not Green Day have once again delivered the goods.
As uncompromising in his personal life as he is in his music, Steve Earle is one of the few guys left from the original era of outlaw country who has managed to survive despite his excesses with his artistic integrity
