deep dive

For today’s Deep Dive in honor of Black History Month, we’re diving a little deeper than usual and spotlighting a band that released three albums on Elektra between 1979-1980 and even scored a top-10 hit on Billboard ’s R&B Singles...

Today we celebrate the fact that yesterday was Roberta Flack’s birthday, and we also apologize for the fact that we don’t post new pieces over the weekend, but we figured that the occasion of Ms. Flack’s birth was worthy of...

Today we celebrate the birthday of singer-songwriter Tom Rush, and we’re doing so by taking a look at an album from his back catalog which – despite being the most commercially successful LP of his career – still isn’t known...

As February rolls on, so does Black History Month, but you probably guessed that, since they’re one and the same. What you likely didn’t guess, however, was that we were going to decide to spotlight Leon Ware in today’s piece,...

Today we celebrate the birthday of the man who may not have officially invented “shock rock” but certainly helped turn it into a tremendous mainstream success: Alice Cooper. In honor of the day Vincent Damon Furnier – yes, that’s Alice’s...

33 years ago today, Ray Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which would seem to be the perfect time to spotlight some of his most rockin’ hits. Instead, however, we’re going to play the contrarian...

Today we celebrate the birthday of Don Glen Vliet, who later changed his name to Don Van Vlient, but he’s better known to most music fans as Captain Beefheart. To commemorate the occasion, we thought we’d spotlight the good Captain...

Today we celebrate the birthday of one Roderick David Stewart, a gentleman known to his friends, fans, and damned near everyone else as Rod. To commemorate the occasion, we thought we’d take a look back at one of his most...

Today we celebrate the birth of David Robert Jones, the man who would eventually change his name to one which still remains revered the world over: David Bowie. Although it never grows any less depressing that he’s not still here...