Chuck Berry
He was the father of rock and roll. Oh, don’t talk to me about Bill Haley. Boomers were barely conscious at the time “Rock...
John Mayer Lives
Was in the process of destroying his career. First there was that “Playboy” interview. Then the “relationship”...
LJ: And Your Bird Can Sing
Lawrence Juber is one of my favorite guitarists (MIB Interview here; a few songs we recorded here). He was Paul McCartney’s...
Why We’ve Got No Protest Music
1. Mariah Carey Bob Dylan looked up to Woody Guthrie, today’s nitwits admire Mariah Carey. That’s right, she hit almost three...
I Can’t Keep Quiet
This is a beautiful version of this song – and it works well as a protest anthem Who March the World? Girls. Via Samantha Bee
Frank Sinatra & Ella Fitzgerald – Can’t We Be...
My frame of reference for this song — the benchmark for duet of this song — is Ella & Louis, but I found this short, live...
The Kenny Aronoff Book
He’s the drummer you always see on TV, with the bald head and the sunglasses, hitting ’em hard and having the time of his...
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
I have been really enjoying this 8 part series on the process of recording music via PBS: Music has been a constant in human...
George Michael
The holidays are a bitch. It’s the same media disconnect we experienced with the election. The stories say one thing, the truth is...
A Hamilton Hanukkah
I have featured some amusing Hanukkah music before — see the Maccabeats here and here; 6thirteen doing “Shake it...