They didn’t shoot high enough. What separates the good from the truly great is that barely visible edge, you know, the one upon which you skate exquisitely and triumph, or fall down from and are decimated. It’s absent from music. It’s evident on cable television. From “House Of Cards” to “Breaking Bad” the rulebook has […]

Steven Tyler is a rock star, James Taylor is a national treasure and Lady Gaga knows that fun is the one thing that money can’t buy. Yes, last night at the L.A. Convention Center baby boomers celebrated the life and work of Carole King while across town at the Beats party Gen X honored hip-hop […]

I wanted to hate it on principle. Because she gets more press than I believe she deserves. So her father was Johnny Cash, so she’s big on Twitter… But if you remember the way it used to be when you put on a record in your own private world and no longer felt so alone, […]

Today I went where music lives. Downstairs they were rehearsing. Upstairs I was listening to Sam Smith. In the studio my buds Luke, Frampton and Don Was, supported by Kenny Aronoff, Greg Phillinganes and a complement of keyboardists and backup singers, were preparing for Ringo. Who entered at the appointed time, skinny and short-haired and […]