This is the week that was in matters musical … 1949, RCA introduces the first 45rpm record … some record labels actually release extended classical works on sets of 45s with the playback interrupted every 4 or 5 minutes while listeners swap discs … 1952, Sun Records, future home...

Voici un documentaire de Don Letts sur l’histoire du punk, de Chuck Berry à Kurt Cobain avec la participation de Roberta Bayley, Jello Biafra, Bob Gruen, Mary Harron, John Holmstrom, Chrissie Hynde, Jim Jarmusch, David Johansen, Mick Jones, Wayne Kramer, Glen Matlock, Legs McNeil, Thurs...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1906, the first extended radio broadcast of the human voice also features the first radio music program … carried out by Canadian engineer Reginald Fessenden who had worked for Thomas Edison … a woman sings, Fessenden himself plays ...

Cadillac Records 27x41 Original Movie Poster Movie Review I saw Cadillac Records yesterday. It is a musical biopic that is now showing in theaters, it was written and directed by Darnell Martin. The film explores blues music starting in the early 1940s to the late 1960s. It chronicles the life of th...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1877, Ernst Siemens patents the first loudspeaker … 1952, the first British pop chart is published in the New Musical Express … the top six songs are all U.S. acts and are led by Al Martino’s “Here in My Heart” &he...

This is the week that was in matters musical … 1954, Elvis Presley officially ends his career as a truck driver when he signs his first record contract with Sun Records … 1962, the Rolling Stones play out for the first time at the Marquee Club in London … Mick Jagger, Keith Richa...

…I was born a wrangler and a rambler and I guess I always will” “Heard It In A Love Song” - The Marshall Tucker Band No Depression columnist Grant Alden has a great post up on his site about America’s long-running romance with the open road and some of the great literat...

He's tried John Cougar Mellencamp. He's tried Chuck Berry. He's even tried ABBA (sez McCain: ""Nobody likes them, but they sold more records than anybody in the history of the world, including The Beatles. But everybody hates them. You're a no-class guy if you like ABBA. Why does everybody go see 'M...

"I have no business running around on stage like a young boy... I'm eighty-one years old," Chuck Berry explained as he excused himself for launching into a signature duck walk during the song "School Day." The passing of time clearly weighed heavily on his mind last Friday night - he choked up menti...

Bo Diddley, 79, the blues singer and guitarist whose propulsive beat and swaggering stage presence helped set the foundation for rock-and-roll, died yesterday at his home in Archer, Fla. He retired from active performing after a stroke in May 2007....