More Than Cowbells
In what is arguably one of the top 10 skits in Saturday Night Live history, actor Christopher Walken plays a fictional music producer giving advice...
Article Category: Music & Comedy
Steeped in the Blues
Tinsley Ellis’ career as a bluesman started in a hotel lobby. A fan of British invasion acts like the Beatles, Cream, the Rolling Stones and the...
Consummate Showmen
When he was just a young boy, Tony Butala moved from his home in Sharon, Pennsylvania to California, primarily to pursue a career in performing. Now,...
From Prince to Mummies
While the music lineup has always been an important and highly anticipated feature of the Three Rivers Festival, in the last several years it has also...
That Guy with the Ginormous Drumkit
Terry Bozzio, one of the world’s premier rock drummers, first learned about the power of music from an instrument that isn’t usually the...
An Evolution of Sound
Two years ago Ozzy Albor and Eric Bernal formed the Fort Wayne-based alternative band Leones. After Bernal messaged Albor and arranged to set up a jam...
Stars from A to Zappa
It is not uncommon for famous musicians to try to dissuade their kids from getting into the family business.
Frank Zappa went in the other direction,...
Standing the Test of Time
Although originally from Detroit, there are few groups which better define the Philly soul sound than The Spinners. But it seems almost incredible now,...
Filtering Out the Chaos
Before dawn every day, Chicago trumpeter Phil Cohran woke his numerous sons and made them practice their brass instruments.
Eight of those boys grew...
A Guitar Player’s Guitar Player
Most music aficionados who do not play an instrument know Joe Walsh by his nickname, “the clown prince of rock.”
They also know him for...