As summer winds down, the opportunity to enjoy a great outdoor concert becomes more elusive with each passing day. As a public service, I bring to you this concert flashback of the great Jackson Browne who happens to be appearing at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater in Cleveland on Sunday, September 19 accompanied by longtime […]
Contest: Celebrate 20 years of Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell!
The highly anticipated reissue of Pantera’s classic album Cowboys From Hell finally hit stores this week, available as an expanded 2-CD edition or “deluxe” 3-CD version for your metal listening pleasure. An additional “Ultimate Edition” 3-CD package will follow, landing in stores in mid-November. We had the chance to speak with Pantera’s Philip Anselmo about […]
The ATV Interview: Rik Emmett
Rik Emmett is one of those guys that came along at an odd point in my path of musical discovery. I knew more about his solo work (because that’s where I encountered his music initially) and less about his glory days as the singer/guitarist for Canadian arena rockers Triumph in the ’70s and ’80s. This […]
Free Live Noise from Bruce Hornsby
With a new live record due in 2011 (plus the debut of his forthcoming musical), Bruce Hornsby is a busy guy. So it makes sense that he would choose September during a period of the closest thing to what he calls “downtime” to debut a new live download series (powered by Nugs.net) with a free […]
Contest: Win a copy of the new book Bob Dylan in America
I found myself at Classic Park in Eastlake last summer, the result of a last minute chance to catch Bob Dylan’s summer tour with John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson. Like capturing a lightning bug in a bottle, I had been on a semi-quest for a few years, hoping to experience that sometimes elusive yet often […]
Aircheck: WMMS in 1987
Thanks to Cleveland radio personality Java Joel (a fellow aircheck and radio aficionado) for passing this my way via Twitter. I’ll now share it with you, 45 minutes of unscoped audio from WMMS and the Buzzard Morning Zoo circa 1987. Download now If you haven’t checked out John Gorman’s Buzzard Book Blog, you’ll find lots […]
A trio of good things
JUSTIN CURRIE The Great War – Rykodisc The Great Cynic is back with more tales of love and woe which provide thought-provoking rationale for the heartbroken and lonely to delve into while the happier among us are quick to become thankful what for what we have. This is filled with instant hooks, wonderful vocal tone and […]
Interview Leftovers: Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes
I saw The Black Crowes for the first time in 1991, opening for ZZ Top at the Richfield Coliseum. It was a “complicated” tour for the band (that’s the term I used to reference the tour during my recent conversation with BC drummer Steve Gorman) and truthfully, they weren’t very good, which was disappointing to […]
30 Years of Don’t Say No: An ATV Interview with Billy Squier
Along with Van Halen’s Fair Warning, Billy Squier’s Don’t Say No is a hard rock soundtrack to a life lived by me in that very important year of growth and change. Lead off unassumingly by “In The Dark,” the record tracks (even today!) right through to the finish as a carefree time capsule of rock fashion and attitude. It was my pleasure to talk with Billy about his (ours!) masterpiece…
Here’s an update on that Full House reissue
It looks like it’s canceled, at least for the moment. Take that reissue of the J. Geils Band’s “Live — Full House” off your shopping list. Peter Wolf tells The Insider that the group has scotched Rhino Records’ plans to put out the two-CD set, which was slated to feature both of the April 21-22, […]