I ’ve been listening to Jonathan Richman's music for more than 40 years, but I was a total virgin at his show in Baltimore on ...
Seven movies are leaving Netflix this month, and you’ll want to be sure to watch them before they say farewell. One of them ...
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame often chooses the wrong bands to be inducted, but this left-out band deserves to get in.
Each year, when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) announces a new slate of nominees for induction, the internet comes alive with love and rage. Those of us who care are quick to congratulate our ...
The man who stood in front of the Dolls, often in heavy makeup and with various parts of his torso unclothed, was David Johansen. He died on Friday at 75. New York Dolls front man David Johansen died ...
I’m thinking of this in the wake of Roberta Flack’s death. The brilliant vocalist’s life story has been much in the news of late. It’s a fascinating tale of determination, skill, and happenstance, and ...
We recently made the case for Poly Styrene, founder and lead singer of the early punk band X-Ray Spex, being inducted into ...
T here have always been odd pairings in rock and roll. Artists who simply seemed incongruous, but still found common ground – at least musically. Don’t worry, I won’t mentio ...
Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...
Eig discovered that Alex Haley fabricated quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. about Malcolm X in a Playboy interview. The headline should be that Jonathan Eig's next book will be about George Soros ...
Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...