Here’s something you don’t see very often: a rock legend telling fans not to buy his records. Elvis Costello, peeved at his label for hanging a whopping $202 price tag on his new boxed set, is steering listeners to a Louis Armstrong collection instead. “Frankly the music is vastly superior,”... Read More →
Steve Marriott was a voice, a hard-rocking, screeching bundle of energy that made the Small Faces and Humble Pie legendary rock bands. But man could he play guitar. Often overlooked in Marriott’s resume as a rock icon is that the man could play with the best of them, laying down… Read More →
When I’m not pecking a keyboard, I’m usually picking a guitar. Outside of my job as a reporter for the Journal News, I play in Frankenpine, a Brooklyn-based string band. Last weekend, in an attempt to introduce ourselves to promoters, radio programmers and other musicians in the area, we attended… Read More →
I’m writing this on a very special day — and moment — that comes just once a century. In fact, this very moment is quite unique — 11:11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2011. It is, some rock fans will tell you, The Nigel Second. It only happens twice on Nigel… Read More →