“KPop Demon Hunters” is #1 on both the Global and USA charts. However, Bad Bunny’s “DeBi TiRAR Más FOToS” is #2 globally, but only #8 in the USA. Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” is #2 in the USA and #5 globally. Used to be that American country music didn’t translate overseas, this is no longer […]

1 I watched it. I’ve been flummoxed by the ticket sales for festivals headlined by pop acts. For a boomer who grew up on the Beatles and the ensuing classic rock, this is unfathomable. Pop was the enemy. No there there. We dug our teeth into “artists,” people who honed their skills, wrote their own […]

1 Which is half an hour away. At least. A totally different mind-set. I’m sure there are people living in Thousand Oaks commuting to L.A., but not many, it’s just too far. And just too far for the rock aficionados, the business honchos, the lifers, to drive out for a gig. This is more akin […]

“Tennessee Quick Cash” stood out in the Pulse of Americana playlist on Spotify. That’s what you’re looking for, something that jumps out and grabs you, and this did, so I decided to dive deeper. And I found that Crockett had a new album, “Dollar a Day,” that came out on August 8th, and his previous […]