This space should probably just be left blank to signify the gaping hole in the floor created by my jaw's drop when I heard the news this evening of Michael ... Read More

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been spending my share of time focusing on the hits of the '80s, the songs that certainly few will say they haven't had ... Read More

If I were asked to name spontaneously the artist who held the top spot on the pop charts for the most consecutive weeks during the '80s, I have to admit ... Read More

In spite of an overly lengthy saxophone solo and some other elements of typical '80s overproduction, this composition from the successful writing partnership of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson presents ... Read More

The way legitimate singer-songwriters tend to get completely ignored on the pop charts these days, I must say I was staggered this week to learn that the legendary Elvis Costello's ... Read More

Although he emerged for reasons I still have trouble grasping as a mainstream country artist, singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett has occupied a huge variety of musical spaces in his nearly 25 ... Read More

I don't usually give Bret Michaels a tremendous amount of credit, but I have to give the Poison frontman some due for his great-sport response to his Sunday night Tony ... Read More

One of the most atmospheric bands of the late post-punk, early modern rock era, Concrete Blonde was blessed with the substantial presence of frontwoman Johnette Napolitano, something that afforded that ... Read More