Graham Coxon: All a blur

18 May 2012, 4:32 pm

An unusually bright morning at Graham Coxon's house in Camden, north London, his girlfriend Essy lets me in and directs me upstairs to the attic room where Coxon is having his picture taken. I am followed by Frankie, the couple's hyperactive terrier, who spends much of the next hour trying t... Read More »

Mike Ragogna: Promising Promises and Falling Out Of The Sky: Conversations With Jon McLaughlin and The dBs' Peter ...

18 May 2012, 8:45 am

A Conversation With Jon McLaughlin Mike Ragogna: Jon, your new album Promising Promises is basically a reworking of Forever If Ever, right? Jon McLaughlin:...... Read More »

Ted Nugent Named Detroit's Greatest Guitar Player

17 May 2012, 5:10 am

Motor City Madman Ted Nugent lives up to his nickname having been voted the Detroit's greatest guitar player by a landslide... Read More »

Musical Performance Listings for May 17

17 May 2012, 12:06 am

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Mike Ragogna: Gonna Take An Elemental Journey: A Conversation With Sonny Landreth, Plus Getting To Know J.D. Shelburne

15 May 2012, 9:59 pm

A Conversation With Sonny Landreth Mike Ragogna: Sonny, your new album is called Elemental Journey, as in, "Gonna take an elemental journey," kicking off...... Read More »

Booker T. and the MGs bassist Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn: a look back at his life and death

14 May 2012, 7:17 am

Donald “Duck” Dunn , who brought the gritty, soulful Memphis sound to popular music as a bassist with Booker T. and the MGs, died at the age of 70 while on tour in Tokyo, according to the Associated Press. Read full article >>... Read More »

Lofty set from 'Free Fallin' rocker; Lone Star Jam swelters, but venue is quite cool

7 May 2012, 4:32 pm

Lofty set from 'Free Fallin' rocker; Lone Star Jam swelters, but venue is quite cool... Read More »

Slash and Guitar Center Launch Nationwide Search for Opening Acts to Join Legendary Guitarist on Upcoming Fall Tour

1 May 2012, 8:00 am

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Guitar Center – the worlds largest music retailer – and legendary guitarist Slash have teamed up to offer an incredible opportunity to twenty unsigned ...... Read More »

The Barry Saunders Interview

25 April 2012, 4:30 pm

There is a new Warratahs collection - timed to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary. I caught up with Barry Saunders , or "Barry Warratah" as he put it ("that's what I get called"), to discuss the upcoming tour , the band, the occasional threat of his solo career, country music, rock'n&... Read More »

Review: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

22 April 2012, 3:12 pm

Brian Chilson Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers played a sold-out show at Verizon Arena Saturday night. Rock n roll radio might not be the kingmaker it was in decades past, but last nights Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers show at Verizon Arena proved that artists who have a 30-plus-year back catalog of tim... Read More »