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Basslines and Protest Signs Part 15: Conservative Punks
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about conservative punks.
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Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about conservative punks.
Fresh new tunes, ready for your morning commute, it’s time to Rise Rock n’ Shine.
If you’re going to preach at me it better be from the pulpit on Sunday while I’m having my nap, because YESTERDAY should’ve been a Saturday night and a lot more fun when it ended.
This past weekend’s Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, Tennessee was marked with great performances, a friendly long-distance exchange between Post Malone and country music’s legendary singer Dolly Parton, and sadly, a death. On Saturday, a 27-year-old man with an underlying medical condition became unresponsive while attending the festival, having been camping with his father overnight at the event. The medical team was quick to arrive and attend to the man but he later passed at a local hospital. What should have been a fun Father’s Day weekend was instead tragic, heartfelt condolences to his family. The death is a second at… Read more »
The legendary bluesman Malcolm Rebenack, better known as Dr. John, passed due to a fatal heart attack on June 6, 2019. Dr. John was also known as the “Night Tripper”. To say he had an impact on music and American culture does his influence no justice. He’s credited as one of the architects of the New Orleans blues and jazz sound. Some of us are familiar with his song “Right Place Wrong Time”, while his voice will be recognizable to younger generations from “The Princess and The Frog” soundtrack. His recording of “Down in New Orleans” was a fun authenticating… Read more »
On Tuesday, May 21, American rock band Greta Van Fleet performed a sold out show at MECU Pavilion in Baltimore, Maryland.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s new column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week examines the rise of Riot Grrrl.
Well this doesn’t really come as a surprise. It was being deemed “Fyre Fest 2.0,” as more and more reports came out of just how disorganized and a mess Woodstock 50 was becoming. The first sign of a problem was last week when they couldn’t even begin selling tickets because they didn’t have everything set up correctly. I personally tried reaching out for press credentials a while ago–and not only was it impossible to find out who was actually running Woodstock, getting a contact for them even proved more of a mess. You literally couldn’t navigate to find out who… Read more »
Glover and friends make their own type of Purple Rain film.
TONY, GRAMMY and EMMY award winning Andres Forero is considered to be one of the best “Crossover” Drummer/Percussionists in the industry. Hailed by many as a music prodigy, at the age of 12, Andres played over 13 instruments! Currently the drummer of the bona-fide phenomenon Hamilton (the musical) which has him booked for years to comer, Andres has traveled the world and has performed and / or recorded with luminaries such as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Paquito D’Rivera, Ron Carter, Alejandro Sanz, Tito Puente and more recently with Sean Kingston, Ne-yo, Wyclef Jean, Jimmy Fallon and Alicia Keys. During the… Read more »
