When Eminem unexpectedly dropped his new album, Kamikaze, on August 31, it made headlines around the world in a matter of hours -- and rightly so. Em’s one of the most important artists on the...
Robert Plant is a rare bird. A titanic figure in rock music, he could easily overstuff his war chest by playing each summer’s Way-Back-When concert circuit, flailing through half-hearted versions...
We had a blast catching up with musician, songwriter, motion picture sound editor and novelist Ernie Mannix on our last episode of Life in Concert. But if you're looking for your next dinner party...
I’m so excited to share this look with you all! As mentioned in my last blog post, I lucked up on a few really great clothing items while thrifting in New York. On the final day of the trip, there...
Growing up in a Christian home in the 80s had some challenges, especially when it came to a music fanatic finding good music to listen to. For one thing, music I was allowed to...
This Vintage Gold moment comes from Kender MacGowan. Growing up my first exposure to music outside of the rock hits of the day on the car radio, and Mom playing Patsy Cline while she cleaned, was my...
Let’s make this brief and to the point: David Bowie created reinvention in popular culture. No one artist fluidly switched appearances, characters, song styles or musical genre with more aplomb. He...
My Bowie was “Soul Train Bowie”. Don't act surprised that my first introduction to David Bowie was via Soul Train. Undoubtedly the best American music variety television program ever conceived....
Unlike many others, I was not a big David Bowie fan, nor was I NOT a big David Bowie fan. I was aware of him in the 1970's but paid little attention. It wasn't until the advent of MTV in the early...
My first albums as a kid were Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, KISS and K-Tel but it was this Queen track that really elicits memories. Just moved from Scotland to Virgina in 1974 and Glam was in full...
