Sep 19, 2021
Let’s start here: Jon Foreman is not a brand of elegant men’s watches. Far from it, in fact. He’s the frontman of the popular rock band Switchfoot, which reached its peak of commercial chart success in the early 2000s with a pair of mammoth hits.
But this not some has-been rock-and-roll outfit looking to hang on....
Oct 27, 2020
Sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's not just a euphemism. Steve Gorman, founding drummer of legendary rock band The Black Crowes should know. But there's more than the string of hits and electric live shows in the case of a band that perhaps could have been the most influential rock act since U2 or The Rolling Stones....
Sep 23, 2020
It's not uncommon to hear that rock is dead. But if you look, there are some great rock bands out there. Following in the footsteps of great Texas rock and roll acts like ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ray Wylie Hubbard comes the Quaker City Night Hawks led by Sam Anderson. Since the band’s founding some 10 years ago,...
May 21, 2020
If you’re a blues music fan, you know that Kenny Wayne Shepherd is one of a handful of standard bearers of the genre over the past quarter century. Not only is he helping to keep perhaps the most important and influential style of American music alive, but he’s also helping to keep memories and appreciation alive of...
May 15, 2020
There are names that are stated which need no explanation. John Oates is one of them. It’s a name you know as part of the legendary songwriting duo and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Hall & Oates. But in the pop culture lexicon, especially if you are over 35 years old, it's almost hard not to be aware of Hall...