ROBERT JOHNSON: THE LEGEND VS. THE MAN VS. THE DEVIL
There’s Robert Johnson the country blues legend and Robert Johnson the man and somewhere in the mix is...
Musicians
BAT OUT OF HELL: THE REAL JIM STEINMAN
When Jim Steinman died in April, the only thing most people knew about him was Meat Loaf. Specifically,...
UNSANE: RENOWNED POWER TRIO GET A BELATED DEBUT
Unsane, the noise-rock power trio, created music straight out of the abyss of NYC in the late 1980s...
THE ORIGINAL GANGSTA: LEAD BELLY AND HIS LEGACY
Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, was a folk-blues giant whose music and persona transformed American culture....
RELIEF AND RELEASE: REVISITING WENDY O. WILLIAMS & THE PLASMATICS
The Plasmatics, fronted by the unmatchable Wendy O. Williams, may have been the most misunderstood rock ‘n’ roll...
PETER SINFIELD: BRINGING WORDS TO KING CRIMSON’S COURT
King Crimson’s instrumental juggernaut was, in the first years of its existence, given balance by the band’s talented...
SAM COOKE: EPITOME OF COOL
Sam Cooke is back in the spotlight with the release One Night in Miami, a feature film set...
HEARTBREAKERS: THUNDERS VS. PETTY; OR, WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Johnny Thunders and Tom Petty would seem to have little in common other than the names of their...
THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: 1.5 – A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE-PART TWO
In the second and third installments, presented here together, Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann track how the genre...
LEONARD COHEN, PHIL SPECTOR: DEATH OF LADIES’ MEN
Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector were an unlikely pairing, to say the least. And yet, there they were,...
ERIC ANDERSEN: BEAT SENSIBILITY IN A FOLKSINGER CROWD
Eric Andersen came to music through Rimbaud, Baudelaire, the Beats, and his own inveterate wanderlust. After a teen...
THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE
Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann are mad musical scientists who, while staying late one night in their lab,...
RICKIE LEE JONES: THE DUCHESS OF COOLSVILLE IS BACK
Rickie Lee Jones is back in the spotlight with a compelling memoir, Last Chance Texaco, and a 40th...
LAURA NYRO: THE MIRACULOUS MAGIC OF HER MUSIC
Though Laura Nyro’s songs are familiar to millions of people–through hit versions by Three Dog Night, the 5th...