Mark Knopfler’s ninth solo studio album,Down The Road Wherever, is dueNovember 16 on Knopfler’s own British Grove Records via Blue Note. The album features 14 new songs inspired by a wide range of subjects, including Knopfler’s early days in Deptford with Dire Straits, a stray soccer fan lost in a strange town, the compulsion of a musician hitching home […]
I’m sitting on a bench in front of the legendary Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, California, I was sent there on assignment by Backstage 360 Magazine to cover Whitney Shay’s performance. As I sat there, I noticed an electrifying woman with skin as white as the driven snow and the deepest fire engine red […]
Doing your research on an artist sometimes can be a daunting task. A lot of the times an artist will request certain topics to be omitted from their bio. Other times artists still “have beef” towards another artist that they’ve done a previous collaboration with. A long career carries a lot of untold stories, […]
It was another great Day for a concert at the Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City, OK. The weather was a little hot and humid but it didn’t really bother me to much knowing that NEEDTOBREATHE was going to put on a great performance. I personally never had been to one of their concerts but my […]
Uriah Heep are releasing their anticipated brand new studio album – the 25th in their storied career – which will be titled, appropriately enough, “Living The Dream”. “We have been together for 47 years and we have seen many bands come and go, so in effect we are ‘Still Living The Dream,’ so it was the perfect title […]
The 80s Cruise will sail in 2019 with all original members of iconic 80’s synth-pop/rock band Berlin – Terri Nunn, John Crawford, David Diamond and Ric Olsen – onstage together again performing a full concert for the first time since 1985. Along with keyboardist Dave Schulz, guitarist Carlton Bost and drummer Chris Olivas, the reunited Berlin will mark their 40th anniversary […]
Eric Church’s October 5 Desperate Man release is one of the year’s most anticipated albums, and now fans have even more reasons to look forward to its release date: 37 of them to be exact. Church’s 2019 Double Down Tour will see this month’s American Songwriter cover artist visit 19 cities (list below) to perform six albums worth of material across two […]
Billy Stokes and Backstage360 share the same motto; It’s All about the Music! And sure enough, Billy delivers on his album ‘Muscle & Blood.’ I think Billy needs an introduction to our readers; this is taken directly from Billy’s website: “Billy Stokes is a rock guitarist/songwriter who hails from Tucson, Arizona. He started playing guitar […]
(Apple Valley, CA) – High Desert singer/songwriter/guitarist Jason Robert performs a “Death of Stone Stanley” concert at the Hilltop Tavern & Inn, 9544 Kiowa Rd., Saturday, September 29. Showtime: 9:00pm. Free. Info: (760) 247-7727 or visithttps://hilltoptavernandinn.com/home-page. At the Hilltop, Robert debuts his new music video, “Someday”, the opening track of his upcoming album that, Robert explains, “documents the […]
C.F. Martin & Co.® (Martin Guitar) became the first company in the musical instruments industry to receive B Corp certification on September 1, 2018. This prestigious certification recognizes companies that use business as a force for good, meeting the highest standards of positive impact on society and the environment, focusing just as much on people and the planet as […]