Who wants to join me for a rock tour of Manchester and Liverpool this spring? Here are all the details.
Back in 2018, I led a week-long tour of rock’n’roll landmarks through London. We visited everything from Abbey Road to
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Liverpool
Random Music News for Friday, December 1, 2017
Yep. December. And that bougainvillea in my backyard has finally died. That was one tough tropical plant. And now the music
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New Doc: There Was More to the Music of Liverpool Than Just the Beatles
There’s a new documentary called Get Back coming soon which demolishes any misunderstanding that the only music that came out
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This Woman Keeps Buying Old Beatle Houses
Like a lot of music obsessives, I collect memorabilia–finances (and The Wife’s tolerance for such behavior) permitting, of course. Compared
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Random Music News for Friday, February 26, 2016
No 503 errors on the website so far today. That’s good. And so is this roundup of music news. Even
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Random Music News for Monday, December 14, 2015
Back to reality. Drat. It was much more fun monitoring the music news from a Caribbean villa. Guys: This will
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Wait: You Mean an Unknown Beatles Recording Was Sitting in a Drawer for Half a Century?
The Beatles are the most studied, most documented band in history. Every one of their 240-ish songs have been catalogued,
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The Story of the American Sailors Who Brought Rock’n’Roll to the UK
In the glory days of transatlantic cruise ships, few European ports were more important than Liverpool. Thousands of ships big
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Britpop Nostalgia: Rare Footage of Oasis Doing “Cigarettes and Alcohol”
This dates from April 13, 1994, when the band performed at Lomax in Liverpool. Stuff like this all part of
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Looking for an Awesome Rock’n’Roll Vacation in 2014? This Could Be It
Aussie Greg Clayton has put together an amazing rock’n’roll tour for fans of both British rock and the pirate radio
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