Next Week in Music | Dec. 19-25 • On TV
Spoiler alert: It's pretty much all Christmas music, reruns and Christmas-music reruns next week. Seriously, what else did you expect? On the plus side, some of the repeats are...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 12-18 • The Short List: 3 Titles You...
We are getting down the short strokes here, people. With just 150 new releases on the way, the pickin's are getting mighty slim. But I did find a trio...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 12-18 • The Long List: 150 Releases On...
Sometimes less is more. Sometimes less is less. One of those applies to the 150 albums, EPs, singles, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, vinyl reissues and cassettes arriving...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 12-18 • New Books
From Sir Paul to Saint Etienne and Bob Dylan to Boy George, your musical reading options continue to cover the musical waterfront. Here are next week's arrivals:
The McCartney Legacy:...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 12-18 • On TV
Lizzo gives you a reason to watch (or at least record) SNL, Wet Leg visit Seth and Bonny Light Horseman improve your Saturday morning — but Jimmy Kimmel is clearly...
Eric Bibb Ridin’ High With New Star-Studded Concept Album
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ridin’, the new album from Grammy nominee and blues/roots music legend Eric Bibb, arrives on March 24, Stony Plain Records has announced. The label also...
Lasso 2023 Ropes Chris Stapleton, Kane Brown
The inaugural LASSO Montréal in 2022 offered 35,000 country music lovers a chance to celebrate the power of live music surrounded by friends, family, and fellow fans at Parc...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • The Short List: 3 Titles You...
Good things really do come in threes. They do next week, anyway. See for yourself:
Cheap Trick
Live at The Whisky 1977
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “You wanna hear a band about...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • The Long List: 220 Releases On...
Life is full of coincidences. Case in point: Frank Zappa died of cancer on Dec. 4, 1993 — 22 years to the day after the Montreux Casino burned down...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • New Books
Sonny and Lenny. Mac and metal. Listening parties and London jazz. And the history and mystery behind a bunch of big hits. That all she wrote this week:
Saxophone Colossus:...
Next Week in Music | Dec. 5-11 • On TV
If you aren't already following David Letterman’s Youtube channel, I highly recommend it. Along with old Late Show interviews and bits, they post vintage performances by everyone from Loretta...
Revival69 Festival Documentary Heading For Canadian Screens
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “In 1969, there were three music festivals that changed the world. And “the second most important event in rock ’n’ roll history” was a one-day...
Metallica Announce New 72 Seasons Album With Video & Tour Dates
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Metallica have confirmed the title and release date of their 12th studio album: 72 Seasons will be available April 14, 2023 via the band’s own...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 • The Short List:...
A delayed Beach Boys box finally sets sail, Brendan Benson keeps it low key, Mick's Jaguar offer you salvation, Nazz empty the vault, NOFX double down, Snotty Nose Rez...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 • The Long List:...
Today would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 80th birthday. While you spin all his classics — and read my feature on his life, career and death HERE — don't forget...
