Without much fanfare, one of the most under appreciated frontwoman brought one of the most under appreciated punk/reggae groups to the Echo last night. With her Rasta affected German meets British accent, singer Ari Up along with original bassist, Tessa Pollitt, have a revamped line-up (though Paul Cook’s daughter, Hollie, was not on keys as [...]

Famed Guitarist’s “Yamaha Six-String Theory” Competition

I interviewed Space Ace Frehley at the Gibson Showroom on the same day we learned that Les Paul died. What a day. I took this shot of him in front of a Marshall amp. As you’ll hear in my full interview with ace , he loved the fact that the speakers were two different sizes. [...]

Casting Call For National Touring Companies

As the editor of this magazine I routinely attend a variety of music industry events, including conferences, seminars, showcases, etc. Probably the most entertaining, enlightening evening I’ve spent in a while was at a recent “Closed Session with David Coury”

Did you ever notice how many acts change producers from record to record?

In the course of the band’s 3-hour plus show at The Forum in Los Angeles recently, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong announced to the crowd that he wanted one among them to climb onstage and play guitar on “Jesus Of Suburbia.”

Back in 2002, I visited VP Records in Jamaica, Queens to interview Chris and Patricia Chin, the son and wife of Vincent Chin, the papa who started the label side of the jamaican music store back in 1979. Soon after my day at VP, my own father died, and I put the story on hold, [...]

People from all around the world made their way to the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts last week, for the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. The Bethel Woods amphitheatre sits on the same land of the original festival (but not the original stage area), acres that were once owned by Max Yasgur, the [...]

The music world has lost a true giant. What’s very weird for me is that I went to the Gibson Show Room in Manhattan today and Les Paul was everywhere. I showed up to interview ACE FREHLEY, who aside from having a signature Les Paul line, has long been associated with the brand, even before [...]