At this year’s New Music Seminar, hot topics for the recorded music biz were both new and old: The growth of streaming services and vinyl’s big comeback
Author: Greg Brodsky
Greg Brodsky
Best Classic Bands Founder/CEO Greg Brodsky earned his first professional bylines as a reporter for the music trade weekly Record World. He still has all his vinyl albums and enjoys going to flea markets and garage sales to grow his collection.
Record Store Day gets better every year, providing “Christmas in April” for independent brick & mortar record store and collectors, and reminding recorded music lovers that their local shops are their best friend.
Another mythic figure who came to prominence at the same time as the birth of the classic rock era is gone. “I met Arnie once. I was a kid; he was a giant.”
All good things must come to an end including the Piano Man’s record-breaking streak at The Garden. He’ll be back next month
Is rock’n’roll with at least allusions to the sex and drugs ready for prime time? Find out by catching the new Denis Leary series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll on FX this summer.
What was originally planned as “just a couple of shows” has been extended numerous times in the US and overseas. They’ve now scheduled even more US stadium and arena dates
A new DVD, Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live In Hyde Park, is a great precursor to a worldwide tour thanks to Lynne’s recent announcement that he’s resurrecting the Electric Light Orchestra
Ocean Carolina’s Michael Simone took an unusual path to being a frontman for a band
pparently, singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett isn’t one to be complacent. After (finally) releasing her debut full-length earlier this year, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (via Mom + Pop Music in the U.S.) to rave reviews, the 27-year-old from Australia has set her sights on the art…
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