Musicology

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in Venice on March 4, 1678, and was taught by his father to play the violin at...

A few months ago I took a good hard look at the Cutting Edge blog. As far as a DJ blog goes,...

The song “Makin’ Whoopee” was composed in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and was originally written for the...

John was the big mouth, Paul was the big eyes, Ringo was the big nose and George was the big mystery. ~Unknown...

One the main reasons for my becoming a DJ is my passion for music, specifically American popular music, and I’ve spent the...

“Elvis Presley’s death deprives our country of a part of itself.” ~Former U.S. President James Earl Carter “Elvis is the greatest cultural...

In all of my years as a DJ, compiled with my pre-DJ years, I’ve been at least as exposed to the music...

There has been much frenzy around the life and death of the late Michael Jackson, but I am here, as an entertainer,...

Initially, Larry Kane did not want to go on tour with some teen idol pop band. He viewed himself as a serious...

When Bob Gruen – John Lennon’s personal photographer – emailed to thank me for the review I had written about his book...