The HU Band converted many Phantom Swayers to the cause of Mongolian Folk Rock. Let's see if Tom McGuire & the Brassholes' self titled debut album can do the same for Glaswegian Soul. Yeah, you...
Every weekend there are innumerable live gigs played for music fans of every persuasion. One of the redeeming aspects of social media is that musicians and fans can share a taste of these...
The term “brass band” calls to mind John Philip Sousa or Dixieland jazz. The boys Mark Knopfler sang about in Sultans of Swing, wouldn’t be interested.“They don’t give a damn about any...
If you watched the Ed Sullivan show on Dec 21st 1969, then you witnessed Diana Ross make her last TV performance as the lead singer of The Supremes on 'The Ed Sullivan show", singing their...
It’s Friday! Edwin Starr secured his place in pop music history with his #1 1970 anti-Vietnam War hit “War.” He started his musical career in Cleveland fronting his own Doo-Wop Group, The...
Long before those days of “celebrating” good times, Kool & The Gang were a deeply sophisticated R&B / Funk band that delved heavily into the jazz/progressive side of things. Like their...