Contributing Author and Chief Onomastician JJ Live At Leeds provides a sharp, sprawling ode to musical name-droppers, and dives into the strange and sublime world of songs that tribute and acknowledge the fame of their heroes
What if your favorite movie characters started a band? Contributing Author rollerboogie is our director for a witty, nostalgia-laced lineup—from Eugene Martone’s shredding to Kermit’s banjo. You’ll be casting your own dream band before the final “Roller Boogie” flute solo fades out
With passion, principle, and a Catholic Holy Week parallax view, Contributing Author Chuck Small resists against complicity and speaks truth to power – especially when silence feels safest
A century ago, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong gave us the ultimate blues track—and this lovingly researched deep-dive from Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan explains why “St. Louis Blues” is still the essential listen of the 1920s.
From Hawaiian lap steels to the world’s first electric bass guitar, one man’s impact on modern music was revolutionary—even if few people know his name.
Contributing Author and Historian Bill “Virgindog” Bois tells the story of Paul Tutmarc in this latest episode of Musical Inventors
Think critics always know best? Think again. Contributing Author rollerboogie presents a delightfully brutal roundup of infamous music reviews that shows just how spectacularly wrong the experts can be
A billion here, a billion there… you’d be surprised at how quickly it all adds up. Here with the all the latest from all things 10^9 is Contributing Author and chief number cruncherJJ Live At Leeds, in this brand new chapter of Streams Of Statistics
In this warm and wonderfully retro reflection, Contributing Author Chuck Small, turns a looming birthday oversight into an unforgettable time capsule of sibling memories, packed George, Barbra, a well-timed Jaws reference, and good ol’ Casey himself
Ah, the mid 2000s: when your Nokia was loud, your online profile had personality, and ringtones cost more than dinner at the food court. Let’s all rewind with Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan, who recalls what was happening musically around this month of April in 2005
Contributing Author, Historian, and certified gear addict Bill “Virgindog” Bois brings us his third annual report from the 2025 edition of the renowned Amigo Guitar Show
Virgindog is right. Look at The Book of Lists No. 2 that came out in 1980 (or 1981, I forget),…
This may be a generational thing. He was a regular on talk shows back in the day and appeared in…
I do too. I even liked her 80s pop album.
Over her we have Gareth Gates. Runner up on the first series of Pop Idol in 2002 as a teenager.…
Funny, I think if you'd ask most "with it" music fans in the 1980s and the 1990s which one they…