Free MP3 from David Lowery + Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven Full Album Performances

Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven have announced the 7th annual Campout Music Festival happening September 15th-17th in Pioneertown, California. As if you needed any added incentive to make the trip, they’ll both be highlighting key moments from their catalog, with CVB performing ‘Key Lime Pie’ in its entirety while Cracker will revisit the whole ‘Kerosene […]

All Hail The Beachland Ballroom

When I was growing up here in Cleveland, I couldn’t imagine a day when I wouldn’t be spending many of my concert nights attending shows at the Cleveland Agora, but shifting times, financial issues and politics eventually drove the Agora into its current state of relative inactivity. Among the clubs that have filled the void, […]

Random Youtube: Dio Disciples at Graspop 2011

Dio Disciples, the new band celebrating the legacy of Ronnie James Dio announced their first set of U.S. tour dates this week, including a Cleveland show on September 28th at the House of Blues. The group features a slew of former Dio band members with guest vocalists Tim “Ripper” Owens and Toby Jepsen. If you’d […]

R.I.P. Jane Scott

Legendary former Plain Dealer rock music critic Jane Scott passed away early this morning at 92. She leaves behind an incredible legacy of writing that covered a variety of subjects and spanned four decades. John Soeder has a lengthy tribute online now including some audio excerpts from a 2002 interview with Scott at the time […]

Albums I’d Pay To See: The Steve Winwood Edition

Driving home tonight, I was listening to the new ‘Icon’ hits compilation from Steve Winwood and it put my thoughts off into an interesting direction. One of the things that continually bugs me somewhat silently (except for when I’m writing posts like this) is the shift that Steve Winwood made that took him away from […]