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Forty Years of Drooling, and They Put You on the Graveyard Shift

By Bruce Edward Walker 1970 was a pivotal year for rock music. By the time it entered i...

culture101
Remembering the Silver Fox

By Larry Kaufmann Probably no greatly popular American singer had less desire to be a sup...

music
Asia on DirecTV

DVR alert: The original lineup of Asia performs in concert in a broadcast on DirecTV tonig...

culture101
George M. Cohan: America’s Cheerleader

July is a time for patriotism in the United States, and much very good music has been writ...

music
Musician Shawn Phillips on U.S. Tour

The brilliant folk-rock singer and songwriter Shawn Phillips is on a U.S. tour. See him if...

movies
The Aaron Hendra Project Meets The Machine Gun Preacher

Turn any corner, especially in Hollywood, and you'll find stories about artists struggling...

music
New Miley Cyrus Album Cuts Cheer Quotient

The latest album by megastar teen vocalist Miley Cyrus, Can't Be Tamed, is a bid to create...

music
Emerson-Lake Praised

Keith Emerson and Greg Lake of the great progressive rock band Emerson, Lake, and Palmer r...

music
Steve Kilbey’s Intimate Musical Diary

Let me tell you a little bit about Steve Kilbey... A long, long time ago--in the late 1...

music
Reissued ‘Exile’ Brings It All Back Home

Imagine finding a manuscript of unpublished poems by Dylan Thomas 40 years after he compos...

music
Interview with Nick D’Virgilio, Lead Singer with Spock’s Beard

Nick D'Virgilio formed Spock's Beard with Neal and Alan Morse in 1992. They bravely set ...

music
Herman’s Hermits – Greatest Hits

For nostalgia buffs and those who like cheerful pop/rock music, a new release of Herman's ...

music
Robert Plant: Acting His Age

If there were a Class of 1971 Rock 'n' Roll Yearbook, I'd bet good money that Robert Plant...

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Lady Gaga Goes It Alone

I'm not sure that we need to know this, and I am well aware that not too long ago such a...

culture101
Focus: “Tommy,” from “Eruptions”

Another album track by Focus, the Dutch progressive rock group. This is a section of m the...

culture101
Focus, ‘Hamburger Concerto’

Focus is the 1970s Dutch progressive rock band best known for the novelty song "Hocus Pocu...

music
Another Angle on Sinatra’s ‘Way’

Essay by Hal White Perhaps only The American Culture (TAC) can talk intelligently about F...

music
Glass Hammer Cheers

For well over a decade, Glass Hammer has been one of the most impressive and productive ...

music
Smashing Pumpkins “A Song for a Son”

I’ve never been much of a Smashing Pumpkins fan. I may have come across a song here or t...

culture101
‘Ring Those Christmas Bells’—Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform a less-well-known but charming Christmas fa...

music
Dwight Schrute Sings ‘We Are The World’

  Fact: At 4:07, 4:19 and 5:55 (close-up) of the following video, Dwight Schrute...

music
Review: Mute Math Is Adventurous, Liberating

      Refusing to be pigeonholed, Mute Math has chosen an in...

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Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ Is It–Outside U.S.

The Michael Jackson film This Is It led at the U.S. movie box office during its first week...

music
Glass Hammer Releases Video from Forthcoming Album

Here's a video of "The Lure of Dreams," an excellent song by Glass Hammer from their forth...

music
Kansas’ Livgren Hospitalized

      Kerry Livgren of the classic rock group Kansas has suf...

journalism
New Trend in Music Criticism Should Prove Beneficial

       The stranglehold of "rockist" critics ...

music
The Tragedy of Michael Jackson

   Michael Jackson's life was a tragedy, but not a particularly edifying on...

music
Lessons in Musical Depreciation

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music
Was Frank’s Way ‘My Way’?

A Wall Street Journal Article reveals the real Frank Sinatra wasn't the "My Way" Sinatra. ...

commerce
New Green Day Disc Takes Strong Political Position, Solid Musical Approach

   Speaking of "the class-warrior socialist elite of this nation [cont...

music
Honor for Elvis Sidemen Is Well-Deserved

     This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sidemen inductees hav...

music
Culture Note: Spinal Tap to Tour Unwigged, Unplugged

 The aging geezer comedians who invented the hilarious send-up of hard rock and heavy...

music
Opera Is All Around

Opera music, though often seen as daunting, intimidating, and an elite taste, is actually ...