Congrats to friend of the station, Billy Strings for his Grammy win in the Best Bluegrass Album Category. I first got to meet Billy Strings (and his dad) when attending the Hoxeyville Music Festival in summer 2018 in Michigan. I volunteered for backstage security duty, but also got the opportunity to see two full sets from Billy as that year’s […]
Read more
‘Human Highway’: Piecing Together the Great CSNY Album That Never Was With the release of Neil Young’s Archives Vol. II, more clues have arrived about the group’s never-completed follow-up to Déjà Vu By DAVID BROWNE We piece together a possible track list for ‘Human Highway,’ CSNY’s elusive unfinished Seventies LP. Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images For those who still scan liner notes in […]
Read more
Classic rock fans are seeing red — in a very good way — over the surprise release of a long-lost Rolling Stones track featuring Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page on guitar. The recently unearthed song, “Scarlet,” was up and cranking early Wednesday morning via a lyric video on the band’s official YouTube channel. “This is gonna be on repeat for the rest […]
Read more
The Eagles Fly High With Epic ‘Hotel California’ Show at Madison Square Garden “We want to provide you with about a three hour break from the hideous 24/7 news cycle,” Don Henley told New York audience. “Something familiar in uncertain times” By Andy Greene Andy Greene The Eagles Fly High With Epic ‘Hotel California’ Show at Madison Square Garden “We […]
Read more
This Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 10am we will be featuring the music of country/rock hero and former Byrd and Flying Burrito Gram Parsons. He left his mark on rock and roll history and the Laurel Canyon community. His oversized presence and tragic death can never be understated in the canon of country rock history. Some background: The Gram […]
Read more
The Doobie Brothers Unite With Michael McDonald for 50th Anniversary Tour McDonald joins Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee onstage in Nashville for a surprise performance and tour announce By RYAN REED Show more sharing options The Doobie Brothers will unite with former frontman Michael McDonald for a 2020 North American tour celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary. […]
Read more
Woodstock Remembered: David Fricke on Minor Epiphanies and Momentary Bummers The Woodstock Music and Art Fair held on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre farm was a spectacular accident, an improbable collision of events, energies, and expectations propelled by the promise of rock & roll By DAVID FRICKE Whenever someone asks me what it was like to be at Woodstock, the first thing that […]
Read more
A Joni Mitchell tribute album, celebrating her 75th birthday, will feature live renditions of the singer’s songs by Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, James Taylor and many others. The record, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration, will come out on March 8th. It contains a recording of a tribute concert that was held in her honor in Los Angeles last November. The concert will additionally be […]
Read more
Photo via Neil Young ARchives Tonight (Monday, January 28), Neil Young plays his second of four solo shows at different venues in Minneapolis. If you can’t make it to the Orpheum Theatre to see Neil Young in person, there’s an option to watch from home or wherever you have an internet connection. Subscribers to the Neil Young Archives site can watch tonight’s concert live […]
Read more
Join us on Friday, November 23 for a two hour musical ride through the music of Steely Dan on “California Jam”, midnight PST. Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Blending jazz, traditional pop, R&B, and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success […]
Read more