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Rob Halford’s ‘Confess’ Is What a Rock Memoir Should Be – Brutally Honest and Funny as Hell

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Ken Kurson 2 Comments David Bowie, Judas Priest, Memoir, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Rob Halford, The Clash, The Scorpions, Van Halen, Willie Nelson

Judas Priest singer details a career-long struggle with his sexuality

Rock

Betting on Music at the Royalty Exchange

September 21, 2020January 21, 2021 Ken Kurson 5 Comments Antony Bruno, Ariana Grande, BMI, Brian Swindle, Chief Keef, David Pullman, Domingo Padilla, Drake, Green, Have Mercy, Hipgnosis Songs Fund, I Saw Her First, KRS One, Lil' Uzi Vert, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, Macklemore, Masta Ace, Megadisc, Mills Music Trus, Misfits, Mux Mool, My Sister Jane, REO Speedwagon, Richard Lloyd, Rodney Bingenheimer, Royalty Exchange, SiriusXM, Studio 19, the Doobie Brothers, The Lilacs, The Lilacs Endure, The Returnables, Three Doors Down, Tony Defries, White Soul

The song’s the thing

Glam Punk Remembrance

Heartbreakers Guitarist Walter Lure Has Died

August 24, 2020August 25, 2020 Ken Kurson 6 Comments Andy Shernoff, Azalia Snail, Binky Philips, Black Sabbath, Bobby Rondinelli, CBGB, Charlie Sox, Eliot Kidd, Heartbreakers, Hilly Crystal, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, L.A.M.F., Martin John Butler, Mike Mindless, Mike Rappoport, Pandora, Rainbow, Rent Party, Rowan Bishop, The Demons, The Dictators, The Last Ditches, The Planets, The Waldos, Tony Coiro, Walter C. Luhr Jr., Walter Lure

Tributes pour in for NYC fixture who lived uncharacteristically clean and productive rock n roll life

Surf

GEAR TALK: Beach Boys Guitarist Rewires a Classic Amp

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Ken Kurson 7 Comments amplifiers, Bruce Johnston, Buddy Holly, gear, John Cowsill, Magnatone, Mike Love, Scott Totten, The Beach Boys

Scott Totten uses shelter at home to fix up a ’57 Magnatone

Hard Rock

Listen to the Music: Producer Ted Templeman’s Vivid, Likable Memoir

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Donn Landee, Doobie Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Greg Renoff, Harpers Bizarre, Lenny Waronker, Nicolette Larson, Ted Templeman, Van Halen, Warner Bros.

The A&R guy who signed the Doobie Brothers and Van Halen looks back on a ‘Life in Music’

Heavy Metal Remembrance

Guitar Pick Giveaway Reveals a Grieving Nation

April 19, 2020May 29, 2020 Ken Kurson 5 Comments Altar of Bedlam, Judah Spears, the Suncharms

Singer of Ohio Christian death metal group dies and bandmates carry on in his honor

Remembrance

Paul K, 1962-2020

March 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Ken Kurson 15 Comments Amphetamines and Coffee, Curriculum Vita, Dave Shapson, Jockey Club, Ken Katkin, Ken Kurson, Lilacs, Lounge Ax, Mo Tucker, Paul K and the Weathermen, Paul Kopasz, Res Ipsa Loquitor, Sotto Voce, The Lilacs

A peerless songwriter — and an unforgettable human being — has died

Chicago Music Journalism

Greg Kot’s Exit from the Tribune Leaves a Hole in Chicago’s Heart

February 6, 2020July 1, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Alden Global Capital, Bloodshot Records, Carmél Carrillo, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Eleventh Dream Day, Freakwater, Greg Kot, Janet Beveridge Bean, Jeff Lescher, Jeff Lescher founder of Green, Jim DeRogatis, Mekons, Nan Warshaw, R. Kelly, The Waco Brothers, who co-hosts “Sound Opinions”

Departure of peerless music critic latest sign of collapsing news industry

Rock

John Mellencamp Goes for Mike Bloomberg

February 5, 2020February 10, 2020 Ken Kurson 1 Comment Andrew Yang, Ariana Grande, Bernie Sanders, Bruce Springsteen, Childish Gambino, Christine Taylor, Farm Aid, John Kerry, John Mellencamp, Mike Bloomberg, Nick Corasaniti, Pete Buttigieg, Ronald Perelman, Vampire Weekend

The Globe solves mystery of why Indiana songsmith snubbed Mayor Pete

Post-Punk

Dave Riley, Bassist of Big Black, Has Died

December 25, 2019July 4, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Big Black, carcinoma, Chris Bjorklund, Dave Riley, Don Hedeker, Material Issue, Mike Zelenko, Naked Raygun, Racer-X, Rachel Brown, Santiago Durango, Steve Albini

Versatile musician succumbs to cancer at 59

jazz New Wave Pop Rock

Steve Elson: David Bowie’s Sax Appeal

November 12, 2019November 15, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Ashes to Ashes, Blackstar, Borneo Horn, Bowie asked Rodgers, Bowie on Arsenio Hall, Bowie playing sax, China Girl, David Bowie, Heroes, Ken Kurson, Lenny Pickett, Let's Dance, Lodger, Low, Modern Love, Nile Rodgers, Pete Townsend, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Saxophonist Steve Elson in the East Village, Scary Monsters, Serious Moonlight, Slickaphonics, Space Oddity, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood, The Boreno Horns, Tony Visconti

It’s not really work / It’s just the power to charm

Psychedelics Remembrance Rock

Minneapolis Musical Force Ed Ackerson Has Died

October 5, 2019January 13, 2020 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Ashley Ackerson, BNLX, Ed Ackerson, Husker Du, John Kass, Polara, Problem with Mary, Soul Asylum, Susstones, Syd Barrett, The 27 Various, The Dig, The Replacements, The Slugs, Thee Milkshakes, Twin/Tone

Songwriter-producer-bandleader — and friend-father-husband — felled by cancer

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Power Pop Punk

Foo Fighters Cover Band Uplifts North Jersey Spirits

June 3, 2019June 5, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, Best of Foo, Chris Kozar, Corevalay, Crossroads, Dennis Kozar, Foo Fighters, Phil Barbetta

Best tribute to tribute band is the audience forgot about its singer’s wheelchair

The Lilacs at the Cavern Club in Liverpool

Power Pop

International Pop Overthrow 2019 Sets Liverpool’s Cavern Club Alight

May 24, 2019April 23, 2020 Ken Kurson 3 Comments Caper Clowns, Darling Boy, David Bash, Grant Judges, International Pop Overthrow festival, IPO Liverpool, Jeff Murphy, Jim Ellison, Ludovico, Material Issue, mylittlebrother, Pelikan Rogue, Pravda Records, Restless Souls, Rina Bardfield, Slow Sunday, Starbelly, The Aim, The Cavern Club, The Know Escape, The Lilacs, The Lilacs Endure, Ute Ahlers

World’s premiere powerpop festival takes over world’s premiere rock venue

Rock

Singing Sopranos

July 31, 2018July 23, 2019 Ken Kurson 3 Comments "Nobody Loves Me But You, A3, Andrea Bocelli, Blue Djinn., David Chase, Defiler, Dori Hartley, Frank Sinatra, Greg Wattenberg, Joe Bosso, Kathy Dayak, Local H., Martin Bruestle, Massive Genius, Nick Fowler, RL Burnside, The Sopranos, Visiting Day, Woke Up This Morning

The music of television’s best show

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