Would you pay $8.50 to see the Beatles perform? In the late summer of 1964 that was a lot of money for a boy not quite ten years old. It was all the money I had earned mowing lawns. I was saving to up to buy a Schwinn Stingray bicycle. You know, the cool Malibu […]
Needless to say, in 2020, we face new challenges. I’ll cut to the chase. Here are some ways the live performance industry is changing, and obstacles we may face going into 2021. Musicians have quickly adapted to live streaming, if they weren’t doing it already. In my case, I’d streamed casually over the past few […]
Former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung is back with his sixth original solo studio, album “26 East: Volume 1.” “26 East” was the address where DeYoung grew up in Roseland on the far south side of Chicago. This is where Styx was formed in his basement in 1962. Across the street lived the Panozzo twins, John […]
Today, Live Nation announced their first ever U.S. drive-in concert series — LIVE FROM THE DRIVE-IN — will bring fans a live music tailgating experience unlike any other, kicking off July 10-12 in Indianapolis, IN, Nashville, TN, and St. Louis, MO. Brad Paisley will headline performances in all three cities, marking the start of a much anticipated return to in person live events. Darius Rucker and Jon Pardi will […]
As Whiskey Myers continue to push boundaries on what a concert can look like during the ongoing pandemic, streaming live from Billy Bob’s Texas to 20,000+ and performing to a sea of vehicles at the recent Texas Rangers “Concert In Your Car,” they also look ahead to a full festival experience this fall with today’s announcement […]
ONE DESIRE formed as “OD” in 2012, when drummer Ossi Sivula started gathering musicians and friends for his new project. A couple years of writing songs, making demos with different musicians and friends went by with an aim to create music that could change the world. Various musicians came and went along the way, but […]
Last year saw multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Chris “The Professor” Black release three solo albums simultaneously (via High Roller Records). This guy is really »Hard To Stop«, which maybe not quite accidentally is the name of High Spirits’ fifth full-length studio album (that is if you count the self-titled, self-released début from 2009). The band began to […]
“New World – New Eyes” is House Of Lords’ 10th studio album, following the well received release “Saint of the Lost Souls”. Recorded and produced by the band’s singer and mastermind, James Christian, this collection of songs has an incredible flow of up-tempo and mid-tempo rockers mixed with power ballads, which lean a bit more […]
VEGA’s sixth album, “Grit Your Teeth” will be released on May 8, 2020 and is set to “blow the roof off”. Working with “The Graves Brothers” (Asking Alexandria, Funeral for Friend, The Family Ruin), they’ve pulled out all the stops, disconnected the brakes, and produced their biggest songs for their biggest sounding album yet. Theirs […]
Electric Mob is the newest up-and-coming hard rock sensation signed to Frontiers Records. A mixture of powerful vocals, mean guitar riffs, and heavy groove with influences from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, the band is prepared to put Brazil back on the rock ‘n roll map! Formed in Curitiba, Brazil by Renan Zonta (vocals), Ben […]