Prince – One Year Later: Ranking The Tributes!
His Purple Highness, Prince Rogers Nelson, has been gone for a year now. And like many people, I still recall exactly where I was standing and what I was doing…
DAMN. Should We Really Be Celebrating Kendrick?
Kendrick Lamar, this generation’s hip-hop idol and critics’ darling, just dropped his fourth full album, DAMN., the official follow-up to his classic To Pimp A Butterfly (with the 2016 set…
Aretha’s 50 Greatest Crown Jewels – And Why She’s Still The Queen
(Note: Originally published April 3, 2017. At the end of this article is a special countdown ranking Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin’s 50 Greatest Songs.) When it comes to royalty,…
The Strangest Concert Ever – Last Night in Chicago!
(Originally published April 1, 2017) Imagine you’re going to see one of your all-time favorite artists – a soul music legend the name of whom I’ll reveal at the end…
Chuck Berry (1926-2017): Four Songs (in Four Years) That Shaped Rock and Roll – A Tribute to The Father of it All
Ask any of rock’s greatest living legends who influenced other great rock legends – people like Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney of the Beatles or Brian Wilson…