I was a music collector as a kid, at a time when music was all about vinyl. The beauty of it was the real sense of experimentation – when you would take a chance on a record and strike gold. I found the Ramones that way, picking up their debut… Read More →
David Lee Roth and his Van Halen bandmates hardly parted on friendly terms. Bitter tension between Roth and guitarist Eddie Van Halen was reportedly at the heart of the split in the hit rock band. Now, 27 years after Roth walked away the band announced that it will reunite with… Read More →
Leah Rae — Listening Room contributor Paul Simon is on tour and Art Garfunkel hasn’t been heard from in two years, WFUV disc jockey Pete Fornatale said – quite in passing – during a presentation about the duo Sunday night at Irvington Town Hall Theater. So it was all the… Read More →
Well, tip your beer tonight for Hubert Sumlin, one of the last of that essential generation of musicians who first electrified the blues, taking it from the cotton fields of the South to Chicago’s clubs. Sumlin, who made his name as Howlin’ Wolf’s lead guitar player, died Sunday of heart… Read More →