Executive Producer Barry Josephson, Josephson Entertainment, announced that American Supergroup will premiere on Pop (a CBS – Lionsgate joint venture) on Tuesday, October 11 at 8:00 pm EDT, MTV Live on October 13 at 8:00 pm EDT and MTV Classic on October 14 at 7:00 pm EDT/PDT. The series will run for 9 weeks on […]
Score another hit for the European melodic rock arena! Released by Frontiers Music, srl, Swedish based, Cruzh, drops their debut album on August 26th. Make room in your library, this is another keeper that spans all music fan demographics. This three year in the making album defines the term “melodic rock”! Influenced by such 80’s […]
Tonight, you could feel the electricity in the air as the crowd started settling into their seats anticipating what was in store for them. Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will be opening the show for Britain’s Fab Five and they will be featured in an upcoming issue of Backstage360, as they well deserve it. Nothing stopped […]
For five decades, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has remained one of the most iconic names in American roots music. With one foot planted in the traditions of country-folk and the other pointing toward something new and unexpected, the group continues to tour and release music, influencing multiple generations of audiences and artists along the […]
Electrifying. Soulful. Compelling. These three words exemplify the sound of the new lead singer of Tower of Power, “Memphis Soul Man” Marcus Scott. As a young boy, Scott would sit with his ears glued to the radio, mimicking every sound he heard. This fascination evolved into an insatiable desire to entertain and capture the hearts […]
Colorado College hosts “It’s Still Rock and Rock to Me: The Music and Lyrics of Billy Joel,” the first-ever scholarly symposium on the music and lyrics of Billy Joel. The public musicology conference, held Oct. 7-8, seeks to shed light on Joel’s songs and why they’re so meaningful for so many people. “Colorado College is […]
Alice Cooper is tired of the rhetoric – the mudslinging – the media frenzy. Keeping his snake in his cage and the guillotine in storage, he is putting people before career. Alice Cooper wants to be “Elected.” His classic 1972 hit is once again an anthem for modern times and when it all boils down […]
For every incredible guitarist you know of, there are dozens (if not more) that are at least as good, if not better, that you haven’t heard of. That is, of course, unless you’ve heard of Sonny Landreth. I never knew this name before this year, and now I will never forget it. Sonny was the […]
For the first time in ten years, Bob Weir will release a new solo record, Blue Mountain, on September 30—marking his debut project since signing with Columbia/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. The release is his first album of entirely original material in thirty years and will be available on CD, 2LP vinyl, […]
Come November, heavy metal fans in at least eight east coast cities will be in for a night full of hell-raising fun as three of the genre’s finest vocalists — Geoff Tate, Tim “Ripper” Owens and Blaze Bayley — will be performing the hits from their respective bands on stage together for what is hoped […]