Posted March 27, 2020 at 2:41 pm | No comments
AXS TV announced today that the eighth season of its critically-acclaimed celebrity sit-down series The Big Interview With Dan Rather will premiere with chart-topping rock legend Huey Lewis on Wednesday, April 15 at 8 pm. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
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Posted March 9, 2020 at 8:55 pm | No comments
On the morning of May 16th, 2010, Ronnie James Dio passed away after losing a long-fought battle against stomach cancer. On the evening of February 20th, 2020, Hollywood’s The Avalon laid out the red carpet to host a celebratory gathering to exemplify the lasting impression of the late rock and roll icon.
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Posted February 29, 2020 at 10:53 am | No comments
I have launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance my new book, Contacting the Band. It will feature selected contact sheets of the photos I took of The Band in the late Sixties for their first two albums, Music From Big Pink and The Band. It will allow fans of The Band a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the process and frame by frame progression of these landmark photo shoots
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Posted February 13, 2020 at 9:54 am | No comments
Ana Popovic has announced the initial sixty confirmed appearances she’ll make this year across The United States and Europe as she celebrates her 20th anniversary. There will be dozens of additional performances announced as they are confirmed in the coming weeks.
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Posted February 4, 2020 at 5:04 am | No comments
Is it really fifty years ago that Bruce Cockburn’s first album came out? Indeed it is. His eponymous titled album, which included “Going to the Country” and “Musical Friends,” was released on April 7, 1970. Coincidently, it was also the first album released by True North records.
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Posted January 27, 2020 at 5:00 am | No comments
ZZ Top’s big, brazen blues-rock, combined with a surrealist charisma that continues to intrigue fans, catapulted the band into worldwide stardom. Their history is deeply explored in ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, which will be released via Eagle Rock Entertainment on Blu-ray+DVD set and digitally on February 28, 2020.
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Posted December 12, 2019 at 10:02 am | No comments
ZZ Top’s big, brazen blues-rock, combined with a surrealist charisma that continues to intrigue fans, catapulted the band into worldwide stardom. Their history is deeply explored in ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas
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Posted December 11, 2019 at 7:00 pm | 3 comments
The Immediate Family is a rock and roll band composed of five of the most recorded, respected and sought-after players in modern music: Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell. They are the modern iteration of a legendary studio ensemble known as “The Section”
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Posted December 1, 2019 at 5:36 am | No comments
Ronnie Van Zant’s rise to fame and his untimely death at age of only 29 made for the most unfortunate rock star tragedy. In 1973 Van Zant, along with his original bandmates signed with MCA and began releasing what was to become some of the world’s most widely recognized Southern rock and blues music.
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Posted November 25, 2019 at 9:17 am | No comments
Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, founding members of the legendary GRAMMY-winning rock band America,join Dan Rather for an all-new episode of The Big Interview—airing Wednesday, November 27 at 8pE/5pP.
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