Stell fronts rock band with twang
Matt Stell is not your average country music artist. Though Stell’s first radio single was a love song, he and his band describe themselves as a rock...
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‘Guitar god’ lets go of his perfectionism
Eric Johnson is one of the last of the Guitar Gods, a class of musician that lost steam in the 21st century.
Great new guitarists continue to materialize....
R&B vocalist Thompson keeps the Chi-Lites on
Like many of the vocal groups popular in the 1960s or ’70s, the Chi-Lites have had a rocky road to the 21st century.
With only one of its original...
Top ’90s pop band embrace odd name
The band Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a Monty Python skit.
“I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians,” Monty Python co-founder Eric Idle...
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Although Kevin Bacon is a well-known name — and famously separated a mere six degrees or less from everyone in film history — his brother Michael, nine...
Half a century later, pop star keeps singing
Starring in the soap opera General Hospital and singing the chart-topping hit “Jessie’s Girl” made Rick Springfield one of the biggest stars of the...
Everything old is new again for Yes co-founder
One night, a man named Michael Franklin called up Jon Anderson, the British vocalist and co-founder of the progressive rock group Yes, and asked him...
‘Slow Ride’ band not slowing down yet
It has been nearly 20 years since Foghat lost its front man and guitarist “Lonesome” Dave Peverett to cancer, but the current lineup has been going...
Fleetwood tribute band unexpected career move
There are few bands with a more diverse– not to mention dysfunctional — history than Fleetwood Mac.
Fleetwood Mac tribute band Tusk is pretty much...
Silky-voiced powerhouse keeps recording
From his Broadway debut in Chicago to stints as radio and television host, musical powerhouse Brian McKnight has shown depth and talent in all aspects...