A look at rock music and its roots in blues music and how riffs and songs were passed around by different artists like Robert Johnson and Elmore James.

In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 ...

Perks had a huge bass cabinet and a Vox AC 30 amp. He also had the price of a round, and he had cigarettes to share. After a ...

On a bright day in late November, Michael Dehn (23Ox, 25C) sat in the corner of Kaldi’s Coffee at the Emory Student Center, ...

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2024.

Original Sin — or maybe I should just speak for myself. It’s not that I’m having trouble following what’s going on, but that ...

Retirement, the ultimate mic drop after a long, grueling, coffee-fueled career. It’s the time when you hang up the office ...

I don’t know. I think that if you don’t want things to happen, then they probably won’t. I doubt I’m the only ... guitar and the piano and trying not to hit the piano with the guitar while ...

Check out the BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 2024 list for a much wider range of the year’s best music, the Indie Basement Best Reissues & Box Sets, and our list of 40 Great Albums by Indie & ...

Nick Carpenter is somewhere ... and then we’re going to have a little party at our last day in Paris … I’ll make it home for Christmas, which will be awesome.” These days, though, even home comes with ...

Like many a genius, Myung is a quiet, instrospective individual, allowing his bass playing to do the talking, which is a ...