Green & Gold: And Then The New Crow Came Tucked away in the farthest corner of North America is the magnificent island of Newfoundland. You may remember that I spent a summer up there in 2014, soaking up the culture and even laying down some roots. While much of Newfoundland’s music, landscape, and culture is […]
The Monkees: Good Times!
July 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Anderson The Monkees: Good Times! It’s safe to assume that, in 1966, no one could‘ve predicted that The Monkees would be a long-term concern. After all, it was just a silly TV show. Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork were hired for their personalities, not their artistry. They […]
Prince Rogers Nelson
June 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Anderson Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) I barely know where to begin. It’s been over a month since we lost Prince and it still doesn’t feel real. There’ve been far too many losses in the music world lately and while each has affected me in one way or another, none was as shocking or […]
Gravity Understood
May 1, 2016 by 1 Comment
By Chris Anderson Gravity Understood And here I was thinking that this rash of musician deaths had finally subsided and then came home today to the news of Merle Haggard’s passing. Along with Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, Merle ushered in a new era of country music, known as “Outlaw Country”. Shedding the […]
Black Mountain: IV
April 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Anderson …and so 2016 continues its hard slog, claiming musical legends at every turn. Just today we learned of the passing of Malik Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg. Along with Q-Tip, Phife led A Tribe Called Quest, one of the most influential hip-hop groups to emerge in the 1990’s. Originally part […]
Tributes and Astonishments
March 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Anderson Tributes And Astonishments 2016 continues to move along and, unfortunately the music world continues to lose some of its most beloved legends. While we were still mourning the sudden losses of Lemmy, David Bowie, and Glenn Frey, news came down the pike that Paul Kantner, founder of Jeffersons Airplane & Starship, passed […]
Out Of The Gate
February 1, 2016 by 2 Comments
By Chris Anderson Out Of The Gate So 2016 has started off with quite a bang in the music world. And that bang is both positive and also quite tragic. Just before the turn of the New Year, we lost the great Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, founder of Motörhead. One of the few characters […]
Dave Ihmels: The Severe Angels
November 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Anderson Dave Ihmels: The Severe Angels The DC-area music scene is an odd one. Sure, we have Go-Go and Hardcore, and we had the Arlington “Teen Beat”/”Simple Machines” bands of the 90s, but we’ve never really had that trademark stamp like New Orleans, Austin, Athens, Nashville, Seattle, San Francisco, etc. […]
Chris Squire
November 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By Chris Anderson Chris Squire (1948-2015) Rock & roll has a tendency to claim lives and it often claims them young. It’s terrible to think about but it always has, all the way back to Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, through Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison, all the way to the Cobains and Winehouses of more […]
Panic on the Street!
October 1, 2015 by 2 Comments
By Chris Anderson PANIC ON THE STREET Widespread Panic: Street Dogs As Widespread Panic enters their fourth decade as a band, they cap off their first thirty years with a mighty bang. Taking their freewheeling spirit all the way back to its core, WSP recorded their 12th album, Street Dogs live in […]
