8/9/2009
77 Song CD to be Released
This summer is the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. A six-CD set will be released called "Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm." According to the Los Angeles Times, more than half of the 77 tracks were previously unreleased offering a well-documented listen of the music created over the...
8/9/2009
President of ABC Seeks the Top
On Saturday Steve McPherson, President of ABC Entertainment Group, sat down for a press conference to discuss his own network's challenges. According to Forbes.com, the channel has been losing its viewers and hopes to reel them back in with four new comedies this fall.Kelsey Grammer will star in "...
8/8/2009
Steve Winwood began making rock and roll history at the age of 15. He was the high pitched singing star and keyboard player of the Spencer Davis Group. Once the '60s arrived and swept over England, he started the band, Traffic, and continued with Blind Faith ? a super group consisting of Eric...
8/8/2009
The rich look to get richer, the poor are degraded.
Media mogul Mark Brunett received a star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame last month. Brunett's new show "Shark Tank" premiers Sunday night. It is one of at least seven new shows he will be producing this year. According to the LA Times, "Shark Tank" is a mix of "The Apprentice" and ABC's old...
8/7/2009
Antonio Carlos Jobim's music transports the listener to a calm and breezy day on a beach in Brazil. The style is Brazilian Bossa Nova, birthed from the Jazz genre. Jobim helped turn America on to its blend of sophisticated sensibility and nostalgic presentation. The songs are primarily instrumental...
8/7/2009
The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers is the beginning of what would become a world renown band, spreading reggae music, an unknown style before the '70s, around the globe.Here, are some of his classic songs stripped down to bare bones. You can hear the reggae sound of staccato guitar shuffles,...
8/7/2009
Tyler to be examined by his personal doctor.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith has reportedly broken his shoulder and received some stitches in his head after falling off the stage during a concert in Sturgis, South Dakota. According to Rolling Stone, Billie Perry, the wife of Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry, said on Twitter that he received...
8/5/2009
WWI Vet Was 111.
On Aug. 5 the British band Radiohead released a new song titled "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)."According to Entertainment Weekly, Patch was the oldest surviving British World War I veteran who recently died at the age of 111. The song is a descriptive anti-war ballad inspired by a radio interview...
8/5/2009
More Comedy on Leno's New Show
Jay Leno says that his new show will have more comedy and less chit chat. According to Reuters, Leno says that he will have less music and only two instead of three guests.Elements from his old "Tonight Show" will be included when his show kicks off in the fall. According to the Los Angeles Times,...
8/4/2009
John Frusciante's "Shadows Collide with People" is a gorgeous pop/experimental album. Frusciante is the guitarist for the world renowned funk rock band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Like most of Frusciante's solo albums, this one comes off as a concept album, an art piece if you will.His songs are...
