Hey Listening Room-ers, here are some links to stories, features, podcasts you might find interesting. We got a kick out of them, anyway. Jack White, of White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather, Third Man Records and, as of earlier this year, Jack White fame, was interviewed by the mayor of Lambeth,... Read More →
Peter Green is the forgotten guitar legend. “He has the sweetest tone I ever heard,” B.B. King once said of him. “He was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” Long before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks turned Fleetwood Mac into a pop sensation, Green established the British… Read More →
San Francisco-based Wolfgang’s Vault has announced it will offer more than 800 new live recordings next month, expanding its already massive online music archive. The site’s “Cracking The Vault Day” on Nov. 3 will feature the release of performances by Santana, Jimi Hendrix, The Ramones, Miles Davis, Twisted Sister and… Read More →
Long before they invented the power ballad, hit-rockers Journey peddled their wares elsewhere. The group was formed in San Francisco in 1973 by guitarist Neil Schon and keyboardist/singer Greg Rolie, both of whom had been members of Santana. Rolie had actually co-founded the legendary group with Carlos Santana in the… Read More →
Hats off to our sister paper, The Poughkeepsie Journal, for bringing Woodstock back into the fold. PoJo cut a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to release 10 cuts from the legendary 1969 music festival on the eve of its 40th anniversary — part of a soon-to-be-released “Woodstock Experience” collection. (photo… Read More →
Every music fan’s gotta have a list like this somewhere. This is mine — 13 songs I wish everyone would give a listen to. Songs that I never get tired of listening to, that no one but me is likely to download, that I would buy an entire CD just… Read More →
Rollingstone.com last week asked its readers to nominate their favorite jam bands, in celebration of Phish, the Dead and the Allman Brothers all announcing tour dates. Well the list is in, and as would be expected, it’s causing a bit of a stir. 1. Allman Brothers Band 2. The Grateful Dead 3. Phish… Read More →