1 He produced “Give It Up.” And on Saturday, he died. I heard about Bonnie Raitt from the son of one of my mother’s college friends. My mother went to a reunion, and after a couple of decades of no contact, she reconnected with her B.U. buddies and in this case, they came to Vermont […]

Steve Poltz is a national treasure. Known for co-writing “You Were Meant for Me” with Jewel, Poltz is one exposure away from becoming a ubiquitous star. You’ll be riveted and entertained from the very beginning. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/steve-poltz/id1316200737?i=1000653566319 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/be2b3778-117d-4b18-82a5-5bd7f174477b/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-steve-poltz

They’re playing Madison Square Garden. The first thing I do when a band I’ve never heard of, or only know the name of, has outsized success is check the Spotify numbers. “Apocalypse” has 1,233,307237 streams. How did this happen? Well that’s when you go to Wikipedia. This is what I read about “Apocalypse” while I […]

A long overdue column. Long on the cusp of sensory overload, Taylor’s carpet bombing marketing started with the massive Eras Tour which, amazingly, still has seven months to go—with no surcease on the horizon. Let’s review:1). The re-recording of old catalogue has been a complete artistic failure. Cynically marketed as an “artist rights” triumph, it […]