Hugh Laurie Goes to New Orleans
Ah, celebrity! It opens so many doors to the good life: the best tables at restaurants, invitations to royal events, packed goodie bags at awards shows. And say you’re a…
More Women Among Rock Hall Nominees
Women rockers are prominent among the nominees for the class of 2012 in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame released Tuesday. First time nominees Joan Jett, right, and the…
The End of R.E.M.
It shouldn’t have come as a surprise after 30 years, but still there was something jolting about the statement Tuesday that the band was calling it quits. "As lifelong friends…
Marshall Crenshaw at the Birchmere
Marshall Crenshaw’s gig at the Birchmere Friday was billed as a 30th anniversary of his first recording. But it wasn’t his stellar self-titled Warner Bros. album debut it referred to;…
Baseball Project Rock Without Buck
The poster gave the impression of a terrific triple bill: The Baseball Project, The Minus 5 and Steve Wynn. But the show at the modestly-sized Iota in Arlington was the…
‘Honeyboy’ Edwards: Last of the Original Bluesmen Dies
One of the last links with the blues greats of the early 20th century died early Monday morning. David “Honeyboy” Edwards died in his sleep in Chicago. He was 96.…
Soul Songwriting Greats, Stilled
Generations of great soul music were represented by the deaths Monday of two songwriting giants. Jerry Lieber, half of the classic songwriting duo of Lieber and Stoller, died after a…
Michele Bachmann’s Botched Elvis Milestone
The strains of the King’s “Promised Land” played and Michelle Bachman jumped out of her bus in South Carolina Tuesday declaring, “Before we get started let’s all say happy birthday…
The End of Jani Lane
The guy who once sang “Heaven isn’t too far away” has found out for himself. Jani Lane, lead singer of the hair band Warrant, which made a hit of the…
The Cowsills and the Pain Behind ‘The Rain, The Park & Other Things’
The one rock band to ever come from Rhode Island – other than Throwing Muses – was the Cowsills, a family band from Newport that charted a handful of hits…