The Beatles Share That Christmas Magic
The Fab Four recorded jolly ad-libs for their fan club members to celebrate the Christmas holiday. You better believe frenzied...
Rock 'n' Roll Nostalgia
The Fab Four recorded jolly ad-libs for their fan club members to celebrate the Christmas holiday. You better believe frenzied...
You can get anything you want (excepting Alice). During my adult life, I have made a ritual of listening to...
As a massive public figure, Clapton must realize that spouting his pro-COVID nonsense could have grave consequences. Paraphrasing the Independent:...
There was always a chance for a racial confrontation in the German town where I was stationed. So we opened...
Blues guitar great Kenny Wayne Shepherd has become prey to a racial reckoning. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, longtime blues guitarist, singer...
The story of a clash of cultures in the late ’70s. In the midst of all those great rock acts...
The rioters included dozens of financial deadbeats and some convicted of violence against women. Requiem for an Ex-President With Donald...
John and Yoko’s Christmas song is a stirring reminder of their unique anti-war activism. This week, we mourn the 40th...
The movie premiered before our time, but TV created new generations of fans. The Wizard of Oz was the Super...
We dropped in on Sam Chatmon, who found some fame with a family string band called the Mississippi Sheiks. We...
The Season’s Upon Us The holidays are mostly about family and there’s also the solemnity of the spiritual celebration. But...
Hitchhiking peaked in the sixties and seventies. Then, it just vanished. If you’re an urban or suburban Philadelphian making a...
I was a campus activist who got drafted in Nixon’s lottery. My father helped me get through it. May 4,...
The audacity of rock ‘n’ roll overcame traffic jams, rainstorms, and mass hunger. It was the best of times and...
The blues had a baby and they named it rock ‘n’ roll. There’s this thing we call the blues. In...
Despite widespread pot legalization, many Americans, especially minorities, are getting busted for possession. One striking parallel between sports betting and...
While streaming compensation was recently bolstered, traditional broadcasters still don’t pay song royalties to performers. In the Beginning…Payola At the...
Paul’s holiday ditty is a gift that keeps on giving. Musicians who are able to write catchy songs are usually...
Dolya Goutman’s odyssey included a stop at Charles Chaplin’s mansion and a friendship with the screen legend’s two eldest sons....
A random sampling of what our beloved president has been up to these days As it becomes more and more...
I wish everyone a very, very happy Thanksgiving! During my adult life, I have made a ritual of listening to...
A Philly Blues Musician and Former History Teacher Measures the Late Rock ‘n’ Roller’s Greatness Editor’s Note: John Colgan-Davis is a harmonica player...
A Philly Guy Takes Pride In His Host City, Warts and All The Democratic Party holding its big convention in...
Karl Jones Riffs on His Vinyl Treats Editor’s Note: Welcome to VINYL VIBE, an occasional column reviewing hand-picked jazz records from the personal collection of...
Many Rock Songs Pay Homage to Elegantly Simple 12-Bar Blues ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ Ground Zero for Great Blues Migration For the record:...