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Caught In A Mosh: June 2010
Canuck And Roll Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the true north strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Media: June 2010
Three Decades Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Roots Congratulations are in order for WDRV-FM (97.1) midday host Bob Stroud, who recently celebrated 30 years of “Rock & Roll Roots,” which airs Sunday mornings from 7 to 10.
Digital Divide: June 2010
Invictus Warner Bros. Like most Americans, I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about most sports out there. Yet if asked about rugby, I’ll cop to being the guy whose eyes glaze over before lamely replying that “it’s football without pads” before desperately trying to steer the conversation back to baseball.
Jimmie Vaughan interview
One More Time – With Feeling He doesn’t know it, but Texan guitarist Jimmie Vaughan is about to embark on the Summer Of Jimmie. “The ‘Summer Of’ what?” he laughs. The Summer Of Jimmie. Despite remaining active, Vaughan releases his first proper studio album in nine years this summer, and has the tour itinerary to […]
File: June 2010
Buddy Buddy With A New Space We like to laugh, so we’ll look back at the henny-penny from a couple years ago and loosen a huge guffaw. When Columbia College first announced its interest to convert Buddy Guy‘s Legends — a tenant on its property — into space for students, the mood of the time […]
Hello, My Name Is Elia
Hello, My Name Is Elia Q&A with Scotland Yard Gospel Choir’s Elia Einhorn IE: The show on the 19th — that’s the first show back? Elia Einhorn: Yeah, that’s the Choir’s comeback show and, strangely enough, our record-release show after nine or 10 months. The only show we’d done was a private [gig] for fans where […]
Studiophile: June 2010
Gimme Gimme Sound Treatment Broken Social Scene Though based near Woodstock, New York, GIMME THAT SOUND PRODUCTIONS has deep Chicago ties. Founder Stephen George was the original drummer in Ministry and left in 1984 to form Colortone. Using his major-label connections, he began producing albums for Ric Ocasek and Jane Wiedlin.
Online Exclusive: Common
Finding A Balance It’s been a long road for Common to get to the point where he is today: superimposed on billboards embracing Queen Latifah on the poster for the new film, Just Wright.
Buddy Guy’s New Legends Is Open!
It’s official: Despite what you read in our new issue today, the new Buddy Guy’s location is open with about a week to spare for Blues Fest.
What A Long, Strange Weekend It’ll Be
Memorial Day Weekend Preview If you’ve been saving up all your rockin’ in May, now’s the time to let it out. Especially because we have a new issue out Tuesday.
So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll T-shirt Designer
Lollapalooza Shirt Contest Rock ‘n’ roll is a lot like sports, in that such a small minority of artists make it — and define those words at your own peril — the failure rate doesn’t justify the numbers in pursuit.
Carole King & James Taylor live!
Allstate Arena, Rosemont Monday, May 24, 2010 Forty years ago, right on the crest of the singer/songwriter movement, Carole King and James Taylor first shared the stage at West Hollywood’s now legendary Troubadour. Though their paths have crossed on the pop and rock charts repeatedly since (and they’ve also swapped album credits), the Troubadour Reunion […]
The Week In Preview 5/24
Week Of May 24th, 2010 Monday’s, um, gone with the wind, but there’s three more days to rockin’ consider before it’s Memorial Day weekend, remember?
Big 4 Concert!
It’s not quite what everyone was looking for, but Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax will share the stage on June 22nd. Tickets on sale TODAY!
Sat-a-day picks!
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Get your weekend in order. This weekend has Lucky Boys Confusion offshoot AM Taxi, a special set from The Steepwater Band, and, of course, the Country Throwdown.
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