Rock and Roll: The Blinders Play to a Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Town.

(First photos are of The Blinders. Last Photo is of Elvis and Pat Hare to his right, who wrote the great blues song, "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby..." and then did.) It's football season in Alabama. That doesn't...

Metallica Returns With Powerful New Release: Death Magnetic *Updated

This summer on Now Public and on my own site, I've been following Metallica cross-country to their only two live US appearances at Bonnaroo and at Ozzfest. Ozzfest marked the 15th time I've seen the band live and...

Noel Gallagher attacked during Oasis gig

The Gallagher brothers of UK band Oasis are historically more used to assaulting, both verbally and physically, rather than being assaulted but all that changed when a man jumped on stage and attacked Noel...

Free John Holt Reggae MP3's From Amazon.com

YOU KNOW THE MUSIC of John Holt even if you don't know his name. As the lead singer of the great Jamaican vocal group The Paragons, Holt was the voice behind such reggae hits as "On the Beach" and "My Best Girl,"...

Editoral : Internet's Largest Radio Station To Close Doors

Pandora, one of the biggest Internet radio stations in the U.S., could soon go out of business because of the cripplingly high royalty fees imposed on all Web-based radio networks. Surely it’s high time for...

Reggae Star Kevens Takes It To Another Level

To most people, reggae music is one thing: a slow-boil mix of African music, Caribbean music, American R&B and ska popularized by the genre’s early greats including Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. These days,...

Classic Rock Won't Die: New Lynyrd Skynyrd Album in '09

Dudes, I don't know about this. The Skynyrd and some spaceship-robot-sounding musiciany thing called a 'John 5' are collaborating on a new album that is guaranteed to have you doing screw-faced air guitar solos...