Author: Katherine Yeske Taylor

Holiday Pop Rock Soul 

Roland Gift Steps Into Christmas

December 14, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Akrylykz, Andrew Cox, Christmas, David Steele, Everybody Knows It’s Christmas, Fine Young Cannibals, FYC40, London Records, Roland Gift, The Beat, The English Beat

The Fine Young Cannibal celebrates the holiday season with festive new single

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Rock Southern Rock 

38 Special Hits A ‘Milestone’

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments .38 Special, 2025, Don Barnes, Donnie Van Zant, Kansas, Milestone, Ronnie Van Zant, Slightly Controversial

Don Barnes talks about bringing the legendary band into 2025

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Rock 

Brian Dunne: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

September 17, 2025September 17, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Brian Dunne, Clams Casino, Fantastic Cat, Missing Piece Records, New York City

Member of New York City’s folk-rock supergroup goes solo

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Rock 

Lou Gramm Talks Foreigner

August 30, 2025September 10, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Atlantic Records, Black Sheep, Constantine Maroulis, Foreigner, Foreigner 4, Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Rhino, Spooky Tooth

The band’s original lead singer returns to the fold

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Alternative Rock Britpop Rock 

Kula Shaker Goes for ‘Broke’

August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Broke As Folk, Crispian Mills, Hayley Mills, Kula Shaker, Natural Magick

Catching up with Crispian Mills about the band’s reunion and infectious new single

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Dean DeLeo: ‘Satellite’ of Love

July 17, 2025July 18, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, California, Dean DeLeo, Eric Kretz, One More Satellite, Pete Shoulder, Robert DeLeo, San Diego, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots

The Stone Temple Pilots guitarist talks about his latest project

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Alternative Rock Funk Punk Rock Ska Soul 

Fishbone: Back to Ground Zero

June 26, 2025June 27, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Angelo Moore, Fishbone, In Your Face, Racist Piece of Shit, ska, Stockholm Syndrome, The Reality of My Surroundings, Truth and Soul

Angelo Moore talks about overcoming ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

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Pop Rock 

Kevin Cronin Takes It On The Run

May 26, 2025May 28, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 2 Comments Don Felder, Hi Infidelity, Kevin Cronin, REO Speedwagon, Styx, The Kevin Cronin Band

‘I can be prevented from using the name REO Speedwagon, but nobody can stop me from playing these songs’

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Rock 

The Eternal Flame of Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill

April 23, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Barry Cowsill, Bill Cowsill, John Cowsill, Long After the Fire, The Bangles, The Cowsills, Vicki Peterson

The pop-rock power couple talk about their new album Long After the Fire

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Rock 

The Darkness Get Toasty

April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Cooking Vinyl, Dan Hawkins, Dreams on Toast, Justin Hawkins, The Darkness

Dan Hawkins talks about the band’s oddly titled new album

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Rock 

Ricky Byrd Flies Solo

April 7, 2025June 1, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Little Steven, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, New York City, NYC Made, Ricky Byrd, Wicked Cool Records

The legendary former Blackhearts guitarist talks life as a ‘NYC Made’ man

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Dance New Wave 

Sublime Strangelove

March 27, 2025March 29, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Alan Wilder, Andy Fletcher, Brent Meyer, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Julian Shah-Tayler, Leo Luganskiy, Martin Gore, Strangelove, Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience

A Depeche Mode tribute band branches out on their own

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New Wave Punk Rock 

The Vapors Create a Buzz with Wasp in a Jar

March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Blondie, Clem Burke, Eddie Munoz, Josh Kantor, Keith Streng, Michael Giblin, New Wave, Split Squad, The Baseball Project, The Fleshtones, The Plimsouls, The Vapors, Turning Japanese, Vapors Own Records, Wasp in a Jar

Bassist Steve Smith talks about the New Wave legends’ fourth album in 45 years

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Pop Rock 

The ABCs of Martin Fry

February 17, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments ABC, Howard Jones, Martin Fry, Poison Arrow, The Lexicon of Love, The Lexicon of Love II, The Look of Love

A new memoir and current tour cements the legacy of England’s sophisticated pop purveyor

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Folk North Americana Rock 

Lilly Hiatt, Forever

January 30, 2025 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2025, Forever, John Hiatt, Lilly Hiatt, Nashville, New West Records, Scot Sax

Second generation songwriter talks about her sixth album

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