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22 Aug 2023
Take Five: 5 Todd Rundgren Production Credits You Should Know
Todd Rundgren is one of music’s renaissance men. He’s a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with more than 20 studio albums to his name; that doesn’t even count the three albums […]
14 Aug 2023
Take Five: Early Gems from Harry Nilsson
Though he was a songwriter of the highest caliber, singer-musician Harry Nilsson is often remembered for his sterling interpretations of the music of others. Nilsson’s covers of Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s […]
13 Aug 2023
Preview: Local Legends — Bob Hinkle
Kickoff Event: This Thursday August 17 Bob Hinkle Local Legends Series kicks off with special guest Bob Hinkle BUY TICKETS Founder of the White Horse Black Mountain music hall in […]
12 Aug 2023
Take 5: Five John Wetton Recordings You Should Know
John Wetton was best known as the lead singer and bassist with Asia. Between 1982 and 1990 the supergroup landed ten singles on the U.S. mainstream hit singles chart; half […]
29 Jul 2023
Five Overlooked Neil Finn Performances
New Zealand-born Neil Finn first came to fame in 1977 as the newest and youngest member of big brother Tim’s art-pop band, Split Enz. After moving to the front of […]
23 Jul 2023
Take Five: Five Rock-era Brian Eno Tracks
Music fans who came up in the 1980s may recognize Brian Eno as the producer who helped make U2’s The Unforgettable Fire so… unforgettable. Older music fiends will be familiar […]
22 Jul 2023
Ashley McBryde: Girl Going Places
Country-rock singer/songwriter Ashley McBryde was born in 1983 in Arkansas and raised near Saddle and Mammoth Spring, Arkansas. With a population of less than 1000 persons, Mammoth Spring is nearly […]
16 Jul 2023
Take 5: Steve Winwood Sessions of Note
Birmingham, England-born multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood has had a long and acclaimed career: he was only 14 years old when he joined the Spencer Davis Group, scoring hit singles with “Keep […]
08 Jul 2023
Spygenius ‘n’ Me
Long before I knew them as, y’know, actual people I was already well acquainted with the musical riches of Spygenius. It was mid 2020 when I first encountered music by […]
05 Jul 2023
Take 5: Five Notable Tracks by Brian Jones
It’s often forgotten now, but guitarist Brian Jones was the founder of the Rolling Stones. Though he would be eclipsed by songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, in the earliest […]