Steven Van Zandt Joins the Boom in Sales of Music Catalogs and Rights

Anyone with a passing interest in the music business over the last year has noted several things: Certain artists of a sufficient stature have sold their publishing rights for significant ... Continue Reading →

SOUNDS OF SUMMER – THE VERY BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS 

Invariably, legacy acts of a certain age slow down when it comes to releasing new music. Record labels do a good job keeping the music front and center with new compilations. There ... Continue Reading →

Western Stars – Springsteen’s Cinematic View of America

I am up there when it comes to being a fan of Bruce Springsteen. He is in my amorphous list of artists whose every new release I am ready to devour and presumably love. What I have ... Continue Reading →

10,000 Maniacs in La Jolla

The band (whose name launched a thousand clever article titles) made its way across country from Jamestown NY to La Jolla, to cap the season of the Green Flash Concert Series at Scripps ... Continue Reading →

Max Weinberg’s Jukebox @ Belly Up

When I saw the listing for this gig, I wondered why? By the end of the night I think I figured it out. What is Springsteen’s drummer doing on tour? This is what you will find on Weinberg’s ... Continue Reading →

Blinded By The Light

In this moment (which keeps getting longer) of peak music films, along comes the unlikely, true and thoroughly enjoyable story of a British Pakistani teenager who comes to embrace the ... Continue Reading →

KAABOO Unveils a Superb Lineup in Del Mar for September

The ocean breezes will still be warm, and for another three nights in Del Mar this September 13-15 attendees at the next KAABOO Del Mar will enjoy a range of artists. Even as you move ... Continue Reading →

Jason Isbell – Picking Up the Baton From the Fallen Tom Petty?

Jason Isbell started his musical journey early. Surrounded by a musical family near the Tennessee – Alabama state line, Isbell played at the Grand Ole Opry when he was 16. He eventually ... Continue Reading →