My Roots

Rock & roll is part of my DNA. I don’t do it because I have to do it; I do it because I love this kind of music. I’ve never done anything but this. For Billy Burnette, his brand of rock & roll, known commonly as Rockabilly, is very much a part of his DNA. […]

It’s common knowledge what a breeding ground for great music Austin, Texas is. So it’s no surprise that Tyrone Vaughan has been gaining attention for his guitar playing and singing, starting with his group Breedlove, through Royal Southern Brotherhood and now with the Milligan Vaughan Project. While RSB is laying low, Vaughan decided it was […]

Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big Talks His Longtime Relationship With All Guitars (INTERVIEW)

You may have heard about this little band from up around Seattle. They make a loud noise and have become cult music gods over their thirty-four year career. They’re called the Melvins. “We’re definitely an acquired taste,” singer Buzz Osborne told Kerrang! Magazine back in 1992, after they had been hailed as the punk messiahs […]

You might not think that a Pennsylvania born, California raised young man would be so heavily influenced by the boogie woogie piano music that circulated down in the deep south of New Orleans. But he was and now A.J. Croce is a man with eight albums under his belt and a new one on the […]

She is a singer, songwriter, doula, wife, mother, daughter and sister. And in a month, she will release her debut full-length album entitled Beyond Waves. It’s not that Domino Kirke hasn’t shown off her voice before, it’s just been in small bursts. But life has a way of nudging creativity in different directions and for […]

Blackberry Smoke has worked very hard to be here. From a bunch of guys doing ordinary jobs like working on cars and being plumbers, they are now true blue rock stars, with a penchant for making music with a blues, country and southern rock foundation – although you couldn’t tell they’ve had number one albums, […]

When The Kentucky Headhunters took off in 1989 following the release of their debut album, Pickin’ On Nashville, you knew they were the real deal. Their southern rock/blues/country sound appealed to a wide range of music lovers and they sold out concerts, shot up the Billboard charts and won a Grammy all within a two […]

ZZ Ward, the singer-songwriter with a blues edge and a rock & roll kick, is back with a vengeance on her new album, The Storm, out this past Friday, June 30. With lyrical bite marks and a whole bunch of sassy melodies, Ward has gathered up all her gnawing aggravations, anger, hurt and frustrations of […]

Imelda May has gone through a gamut of emotions these last few years but she’d rather not talk about it. She’d prefer to sing about them. Earlier this year, upon the release of Life Love Flesh Blood, an album of blunt honesty, May was bombarded with questions about the nitty-gritty of the songs, something she […]

“Working with my son was a delight and he made me realize a lot about myself.” For Dave Davies, who wrote a revealing warts and all autobiography about himself in 1996, that is a surprising mouthful of words. The son is Russell Davies and the project is Open Road, a nine song album released in […]

John Doe. His name is synonymous with a letter, a city and a genre of music. Helping form the punk band X in a seedy Los Angeles forty years ago, Doe and his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake are celebrating that genesis with a 40th anniversary tour that began on May 1. […]

It appears that right now is a pretty good time to be a band called Dawes. With the release of their 2016 album, We’re All Gonna Die, solidifying their presence on the music scene as a band on the cusp of Americana superstardom, Dawes has kept their touring boots on and will continue to do […]

Ian Astbury of The Cult Talks ‘Hidden City’ & Beyond The Music

Newest Two Time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Greg Rolie (Santana/Journey) Talks Past & Present

  The last time Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) slipped on his cowboy hat and recorded an album, 2013’s All Hat & No Cattle with the Dead Peasants, it had a very traditional, almost homage feel to his classic country idols. Granted, it was an album of covers, but he elected to stay in that vein from […]

Just three shows into Bryan Ferry’s new tour, the atmosphere backstage was quite giddy in New Orleans. There was singing in the halls, laughter, the vibe of excitement that always comes with the early days of a brand new tour. But for guitar player Chris Spedding, he was cool as a cucumber, having done this […]

In a world where the term pop music leaves a bad taste in your mouth, if you look back at the early sixties, the Beatles was considered pop music and it was a good thing. It harkens up happy melodies with lyrics usually about girls and hot rod cars and puppy love and hanging out […]

His name is synonymous with guitar-driven rock & roll. Since his earliest days as a teenager in the Scorpions, through his years in UFO and variations of his solo band, Michael Schenker has kept his focus on what he can do on his guitar. He has never wavered from his mantra of “pure self-expression” by […]

Singer Joe Sumner is a man in the middle of a musical transition. The former angry young rocker, who led Fiction Plane through four albums starting in 2003 with the release of Everything Will Never Be OK, has found the message is not always in the shouting. Although his father is Sting, Sumner’s musical awakening […]