This is the last old school Christmas in the music business. Never again will you see the media industrial complex rallying around the product of a superstar trying to gin up fourth quarter revenue. Because it’s no longer about sales, but streams. Did you see Jason Aldean quietly caved and put his music back on […]

ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC – LIVE Jan & Dean I know, Chuck Berry wrote it, the Beach Boys ultimately did a more famous cover, but the rendition I always think of is from Jan & Dean’s 1965 live album, “Command Performance,” from back before “Sgt. Pepper” made albums a statement and I purchased long players […]

Sometimes the only way to get by Is to get high And I don’t even smoke dope! There’s a quiet revolution going on and it’s called the Spotify Discover Weekly playlist. Beats 1 gets all the hype, but Discover Weekly gets all the love. I ignored it at first. Well, after a glance. Too many […]

DOCTOR MY EYES The first time you probably heard him. But I discovered him at the Fillmore East, opening for Laura Nyro in December 1970, during her annual Christmas spectacular, they were both managed by David Geffen, ergo Jackson’s appearance. Very few people impress you the first time out, especially if you’re completely unfamiliar with […]