On July 18 in London, Bonhams is having a massive entertainment auction that is heavy on a wide, wild variety of music. From posters for beloved musicals like The Wizard of Oz and Funny Girl to Pink Floyd animation cels to […]
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On July 18 in London, Bonhams is having a massive entertainment auction that is heavy on a wide, wild variety of music. From posters for beloved musicals like The Wizard of Oz and Funny Girl to Pink Floyd animation cels to […]
An audio-visual companion to Pink Floyd’s “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” album, “Cambridge St/ation” sheds light on a masterpiece, and a misunderstood genius Roger Waters got it all wrong. Roger “Syd” Barrett, founding member and guiding light of […]
Spring is supposed to be a time of renewal, so what, thinks I, could be better that a trip to a record fair to pick up some vinyl that could use a new life? The venue was in Reading, a […]
Driving around Austin, Texas, today, I was suddenly struck by an epic wave of nostalgia. I was transported to the Portland, Oregon, of my youth … staring out a second story window, watching rain drizzle onto dark, wet concrete through […]
Monica Heldal’s 2014 debut album, Boy from the North, was described as part Americana, part bluegrass, and part Irish folk. But the Norwegian singer-songwriter points to another genre when discussing the best concert she has seen. Heldal, who is releasing […]
I’m in Albuquerque, stop #1 on a southwest book tour for my latest collection, strange theater. I had a friend who lived in this city for years, a small home out near the petroglyphs, and who was murdered in 2014. […]
How many Slim Harpo recordings do you know? Perhaps you’ve heard “Raining in My Heart” (not the Buddy Holly tune), which made it to No. 34 on Billboard’s pop chart in 1961; “Baby, Scratch My Back,” which reached No. 16 […]
Time for the third annual look back on the best music experiences I had over the past year. They are not in any “best” order: – Meeting Jimmy Page. It was not just that he is a true guitar god, a name-brand […]
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