Ongoing History Daily: Cage the Elephant Facts
Cage the Elephant comes out of Bowling Green, Kentucky. That’s not a very famous place for music. They have some good high school sports teams and the plant where GM builds the Corvette
Read MoreCage the Elephant comes out of Bowling Green, Kentucky. That’s not a very famous place for music. They have some good high school sports teams and the plant where GM builds the Corvette
Read MoreBack on November 3, I was invited to speak in front of listeners of The Summit FM in Akron, Ohio, a station that has repeaters throughout northern Ohio. The station is the only
Read MoreFor centuries, there’s been a dance between music and technology with each affecting the other in some way. Almost always, though, there’s no fighting progress. Music (and everything to do with it) ultimately
Read MoreIt’s an established fact that music comes in many different types of cycles. A sound and style will be big for a while, reach a peak with the public, and then slowly fade
Read MoreIt must have been so easy to write about rock back in the 1950s. Well, comparatively easy to today, I mean. Everything was so new that that’s all you had to pay attention
Read MoreTraditional wisdom says that the recorded music industry is dominated by the major labels. There used to be a bunch of them, but over the last 25 years, their number has been whittled
Read MoreBefore the mid-60s, there was no such thing as personalized playlists, this idea that you could collect all your favourite songs in one place so you could listen back to all of them
Read MoreWhen Green Day was getting things together for Dookie, their 1994 major label debut, bass player Mike Dirnt decided to drop some acid hoping to get a little songwriting inspiration. This is not
Read MoreThere’s been some debate on which artist played the largest concert of all time. We’re not talking about a festival. I mean a headliner act playing before the biggest crowd.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years dealing with musicians is that there are artists and artistes. Here’s how you tell them apart. Artists make art, but also have other
Read MoreWhen you finally shuffle off this mortal coil, what do you want your funeral wishes to be? Here are some suggestions. When Tupac died, he was cremated. Members of the band Outlawz smoked
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