I was walking into an Olive Garden when Billy Joel’s first ever single, “Piano Man,” was playing on the overhead speakers. The only verse I knew was, “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man…” […]
Movies have been accompanied by music for a very long time. Even back in the days of silent film, theaters would usually have some music to accompany the moving picture. Nowadays, every good movie has […]
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t love a good halftime show. It’s an aspect of the Super Bowl — an event that nearly amounts to a national holiday in scale — that football […]
I have been to over 13 concerts in my lifetime and Paramore remains one of my favorites I have ever been to. When I saw Paramore, they were at the end of the era of […]
All emerging artists must pass a test that never really goes away: Can you continue to evolve or will you finally lose the long race against creative stagnation? I often think of fresh inspiration as […]
Sufjan Steven’s album “Javelin” is a gentle walk though grief to hope. […]
The Beatles’ are back with a new single, but having used AI technology to bring a 1970s demo to life, is it a fitting closure to The Beatles’ saga or a step too far in posthumous music production? […]
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