Interview: Judy Collins Grateful for Musical Longevity, ‘I Have a Very Good Life’
By DONNA BALANCIA Judy Collins has seen a lot with those blue eyes. The beloved singer and songwriter who was a staple of the 1960s […]
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‘Bat Out Of Hell’ … The Musical? At Seminole Hard Rock Florida this April
By DONNA BALANCIA Bat Out of Hell is one of the greatest albums ever, featuring a big-voiced singer named Meatloaf who shot to fame representing […]
Cheetah Chrome and Johnny Blitz Revive Punk’s Dead Boys with New Album and Tour
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW With Cheetah By DONNA BALANCIA The Dead Boys have come back to life. Cheetah Chrome is touring with a renewed Dead Boys band […]
North Carolina-Based Rich Lerner and The Groove ‘Push on Thru’ With New Release
Cool and Funky New Album Inspires By DONNA BALANCIA With the new album, Push on Thru, North Carolina-based Rich Lerner and The Groove show they […]
International Bands Dengue Fever and Tinariwen Bring their Beautiful Music Across US
By DONNA BALANCIA Dengue Fever and Tinariwen may from different regions of the globe, but their tour together is building new musical bridges. Dengue Fever, […]
Beloved Classic Rocker Paul Young Tours With Album, ‘Good Thing,’ And Lives in the Present
By DONNA BALANCIA With all the talk about classic rock these days, we thought we’d post a video or two by one of our favorite […]
Music News and Moments from the Red Carpet at MusiCares The Tom Petty Person of the Year Benefit
By DONNA BALANCIA Tom Petty may have been the star of the show, but music news was fast a furious on the red carpet at […]
Review: Under the Radar, Luxury Mane Has Released The Best Indie Shoegaze Album — Maybe Ever
For Luxury Mane, It’s all About Excellence By DONNA BALANCIA Indie rock band Luxury Mane has released a new album called Lux Runnin Out but […]
Capturing Dreams Again: Calling All Astronauts Releases New Video Called ‘Life As We Know It’
By JOHN DALY In honor of the passing of the world’s most famous astronaut, John Glenn, we post this new video by Calling All Astronauts […]
Lady Gaga to Release Tribute Album to Her Aunt With ‘Joanne’ Third Week of October
By DONNA BALANCIA Gaga broke the news about her new album, Joanne which will be released Oct. 21 in a phone call to Zane Lowe […]
Watch The Kills Take a Ride in New Music Video for ‘Impossible Tracks’ Directed by Ellis Bahl
The Kills Play Terminal 5 in NYC Sept. 23 The Kills, AKA our favorite duo of Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart, released their fifth full-length […]
Life of Lemmy Kilmister Celebrated with Statue at Rainbow and Concert at Whisky on Sunset Strip
Would Lemmy Have Loved The Honors on Sunset Strip? Photos and words by DONNA BALANCIA SUNSET STRIP – If Lemmy Kilmister were alive, would he […]
The Who Hits 50! Tour Continues Going Strong Throughout East Coast
By DONNA BALANCIA – The Who celebrate “The Big Five O” with a North American Tour that kicked off April 15 in Tampa and hits […]
‘I Am Thor’ Film Screening and Live Performance by Metal God Thor Himself – Don’t Miss This
By DONNA BALANCIA – Jon Mikl Thor, larger-than-life star of the acclaimed documentary “I Am Thor,” is the consummate performer. In his film, he trudges […]
The Gang Of Four Players May Change But Performance And Music Prove Better Than Ever
By DONNA BALANCIA — Bands these days. Why keep the name if there’s only one guy left? Calling a band by its years-ago name — […]
Henry Diltz Honored with Lucie Award for Music Photography at Carnegie Hall Ceremony Next Week
By DONNA BALANCIA – Photographer Henry Diltz will be honored with a prestigious Lucie Award for his work in Music Photography at Carnegie Hall on […]
Richie Ramone Loves his California ‘Hood, But Don’t Call Him ‘Valley Guy’
By DONNA BALANCIA – Richie Ramone says life in his Southern California neighborhood is very cool, but don’t call this former Jersey-ite a “Valley Guy.” […]
Despite a Multitude of Changes, Skid Row Still Puts on Impressive Show
Dave ‘The Snake’ and Rachel Bolan are Masters at Reinventing Ever-Present Skid Row By DONNA BALANCIA — Skid Row has undergone some changes over the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Rolling Stones Add Los Angeles Date to Popular Zip Code Tour
EXCLUSIVE: By DONNA BALANCIA — The Rolling Stones will play the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood as a warm-up date to their Zip Code tour, our […]
Dead Milkmen Do Tell Tales: In Their Own Words – The Story of The Dead Milkmen
The Dead Milkmen Story, Written by The Dead Milkmen Featured photo © Heather Harris Although there are numerous, conflicting, tales of how, when, where, and […]
Richard Hell to host Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt at Symphony Space
NEW YORK CITY — Richard Hell hosts filmmaker Kelly Reichardt at the Thalia on Dec. 4 for a screening of her film Meek’s Cutoff, a […]
Johnny Depp Plays Guitar with The New Basement Tapes in Only Show
HOLLYWOOD — Johnny Depp and Haim joined The New Basement Tapes for a one night only show that gave new meaning to the term Superband. […]
One Year Anniversary of Lou Reed’s Death
Lou Reed Taking time to remember one of the greats who died one year ago today: Lou Reed. Here is a great video with a […]
‘Little Kids Rock’ Benefit With Joan Jett Raises $1.5M
Editor Update: This event raised $1.5 million, according to our friends at Little Kids Rock. By DONNA BALANCIA – NEW YORK CITY — Joan Jett […]
Rockers Team up For Veterans Matter
Stevie Nicks, Darius Rucker, John Mellencamp and Kid Rock are among the growing roster of rockers contributing time to Veterans Matter, an Ohio-based organization working […]
The East Coast Rocker Interview: Johnny Winter a Humble Blues Innovator
By DONNA BALANCIA Guitar Great is ‘Just having fun again.’ Johnny Winter has learned to become a great teacher — and a student — of […]
Dick Dale Interview: For King of the Surf Guitar, ‘Being on Tour is My Cure’
By DONNA BALANCIA in SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — For The King of the Surf Guitar, music is the medicine. “I have to perform to stay […]
Tom DiCillo and The Black and Blue Orkestre Build Bridges with New Album
With Bandmates Will Crewdson and Grog Rox, Trio Collaborates on Trans-Atlantic Recording NEW YORK CITY — It’s been a few years since we’ve spoken to […]
Stefan Marchello: Keeping The Good Rats Tradition Alive
Sons of Beloved Good Rats Founder Peppi Marchello Lead the Band into a New Era By DONNA BALANCIA, East Coast Rocker LONG ISLAND — The […]
Moog Synthesizer Genome Project Complete
ASHEVILLE, NC – It has taken three years, but Moog Music engineering team has reverse-engineered and built a 1:1 re-creation of one of the world’s […]