Taylor Swift has locked up the title of next big thing in country music, but the award for next long-term career appears to be going elsewhere the Zac Brown Band. Imagine an act whose style is so crossover it implies and recalls everyone from Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith to the Dave Matthews Band, the Allman Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Band, Commander Cody and...
Last night I was streaming a semi-random set of songs and relaxing while I listened to them and one particular song really stood out. I would say it cheered me up, but that implies I was depressed. Which I wasn’t. Let’s just say it brought a smile to my face. In amongst tracks by Neil Young, [...]
Early Seger Vol. 1, featuring remastered songs and four previously unreleased Bob Seger tracks, set for November release on Hideout Records Album available exclusively at Meijer Stores on November 24th; CD and album downloads available at www.bobseger.com November 30th.
Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman is both a founding member of one of the biggest and most important American bands of all time, the still-active and thriving Allman Brothers Band, and a critically acclaimed solo talent. A natural artist gifted with a beautifully soulful and distinctive voice as well as brilliant keyboard and guitar expertise, Allman is a legendary performer who, more than...
Bob Seger : Bob Seger is raiding his vaults for a 10-song set dubbed “Early Seger, Vol. 1” that will be released November 27 exclusively via Meijers stores in the Midwest before becoming available on Seger’s official web site three days later. Highlights of the collection are four unreleased tracks, three of which—“Star Tonight,” “Wildfire” and “Days...
It’s been quite some time since the Fox Theater in Oakland had a show that generated such interest that it sold out within a month, and also multiplied itself to take place over an additional two nights. At the time of this writing, the first of those two extra nights is also completely sold out, [...]
Today is the birthday of Susan Tedeschi. I did a post on her new album Back To The River . I just could not resit posting her bio and another video of one of her songs that I love. According to Wikipedia; Susan Tedeschi (pronounced te-DES-ki) (November 9, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American blues and soul artist, who has risen to fame with multiple Grammy Award nominations, powerful singing...
Watching the HBO documentary by Edward Norton(Tyler Durden) on the Barack Obama election. Pretty awesome to relive the election, and infuriating at the same time. It makes you really question how he can trust Hillary. If you have the ability, watch this documentary. What I have taken from it is that the Obama campaign always planned for what they called the doomsday scenario, or the primaries going...
Our last pod ended the Great 48 on a subdued note. Nirvana won handily, but voter turnout was low. Does this mean trouble for “the voice of Generation X” at the next level? We’ll know soon enough. The numbers: #3 Nirvana 56% ; #8 John Mellencamp 32%; Los Lobos 12%. On Monday we’ll launch the third phase of the Tournament of Rock – Legends, as our contest to name the greatest...
Jam fans are pretty lucky in that their favorite bands change up the setlist from night to night. AC/DC fans aren’t so lucky. The Australian natives’ Black Ice tour has gone around the world and back with the band playing the same exact set night in and night out to the dismay of their hardcore fans. A group of AC/DC fans want them to bust out some rarities & have issued a formal complaint...
OZZY OSBOURNE picked up a 2009 Billboard Touring Award on Thursday (05Nov09) in honour of his contributions to live music.The former Black Sabbath frontman was in New...
DETROIT (Billboad) - Bob Seger is raiding his vaults for a 10-song set dubbed "Early Seger, Vol. 1" that will be released November 27 exclusively via Meijers stores in the Midwest before becoming available on Seger's official web site three days later.
Dodd, who used to run a blog named , is an attorney, a veteran of the United States Navy, and a fairly good poker player. He can kill a mime using only his thumb. He joined the staff at OTB in May 2007.