Bon Jovi: high energy & nostalgia at the Meadowlands
Near the end of the high energy concert special “Bon Jovi — The Circle Tour: Live from New Jersey” frontman Jon Bon Jovi tells a full house at the new Meadowlands Stadium how much the old stadium meant...
View ArticleRent them now: from Woodstock to Altamont in 1969
Despite all of the hoopla surrounding the 40th anniversary of Woodstock in 2009, Ang Lee’s charming film about the run-up to the 1969 music festival — “Taking Woodstock” (above) — was one of that...
View Article‘20 Feet from Stardom’: putting back-up singers front and center
Morgan Neville has taken a rather simple notion and produced one of the best music documentaries of recent years. “20 Feet from Stardom” applies the lessons learned from Michael Bennett’s “A Chorus...
View Article‘Brian Jones’: the forgotten Rolling Stone
Although he created and named the group, and was arguably the strongest musician of the bunch, Brian Jones is barely remembered today, even by fans of The Rolling Stones. Jones was present at the...
View Article‘Allen Klein’: the money side of 1960s rock
Veteran music journalist Fred Goodman has written an eye-opening account of the behind-the-scenes business struggles of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones during that period in the 1960s when both...
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