Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band

— written by rock scholar Stephen T. Lewis — The first full-scale biography of the soul-haunted voice behind The Band, tracing his roots in Stratford, his pivotal role with Dylan and The Hawks, and his enduring impact on rock history.

Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamond LP

Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamond LP

Would you let your daughter date a Rolling Stone? Who would have thought that a band of rowdies that was causing trouble and writing rebellious rock and roll music would release a full-length album of new material over six decades later? While the Rolling Stones have...

The Hendrix Experience

     Daydreaming on a dreary September morning, I experience a unique “Radio I Ching” moment. I wake up, I walk into the rock room, and spin a 1970 Band Of Gypsy’s audience recording from Baltimore, Maryland. I continue with some...

Radio I Ching

     Music is the soundtrack to our lives. We all have had a certain song that attaches itself to a special moment. The song, and the moment in time forever linked. Music has the power to elicit emotions in us, and to remind us. There is also...

Bermuda 1980-(A short fiction?)

Squinting into the sun, I squeeze my eyes together tight like a clam. I’m gently skipping my hot feet across the sun fried sand. I can sense the deep blue sky and frothing dark water, contrasted by the grinding beach of lobster dreams. I feel steel drums come in...

Blood On The Blunderbuss

In late April 2012 Jack White III released his debut solo album “Blunderbuss”. “White, who through his time in “The White Stripes”,”The Raconteurs”and “The Dead Weather” has always been an artist interested in...