Glenn Miller

"Hell No (I'm Not Alright")": A Nanci Griffith Video, Plus Conversations With Scorpions' Klaus Meine and Adam Arcuragi

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Rudolf Schenker, Glenn Miller, The Rolling Stones, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jeff Magnum, Cy Twombly, Led Zeppelin, Robert Graves, The Lupine Chorale Society, Dieter Dierks, DUane Lundy, The Beatles, Darlene Love, The Flaming Lips, T. Rex, The Who, Bill Withers, Klaus Meine, Brother Claude Ely, Scorpions, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Intersection's first single, "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)," is Nanci Griffith's ode to the Occupy movements, expressing the frustration felt over economics, politics as usual and beyond.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Should Be The American Music Hall of Fame

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Elmore James, Count Basie, Thelonius Monk, Soul Music, Ska, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Bluegrass, Reggae, Charlie Parker, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music, Glenn Miller, Big Joe Turner, Bob Marley, American Popular Music, R&b, Dr. John, Tom Waits, Pop Music, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Dick Clark, John Lee Hooker, Jazz, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Blues, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Rock and Roll, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Jimmy Cliff, Buddy Guy, Rolling Stones, Don Cornelius, Music, Entertainment News
Brian Ross

The latest crop of inductees was announced yesterday by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Once again, it honored musicians who just a...

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"Touch Me": A Pardoning Playlist For Jim Morrison & Charlie Crist

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, Neil Young, Gil Scott-Heron, Smashing Pumpkins, Lauryn Hill, Jim Morrison, Mae West, Tom Waits, Counting Crows, The Avett Brothers, Charlie Crist, John Lennon, Weezer, The Who, Dogstar, The Coors, Jim Morrison (the Doors), Diane Birch, Will Smith, Paul Weller, Badly Drawn Boy, Quincy Jones, Entertainment News
David Wild

People are strange. That's the best explanation I can come up with for why it's suddenly so important for outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist to see Jim Morrison receive a posthumous pardon for indecent exposure and open profanity.

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Bossa to Brass: Jazz with Paulinho Garcia, Grazyna Auguscik and Brian O'Hern's Model Citizens

Robert Rodi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, Grazyna Auguscik, Paulinho Garcia, Artie Shaw, The Beatles, Model Citizens, Frederic Chopin, Brian O'Hern, Marcos Valle, Vinicius De Moraes, Victor Young, Gallery Cabaret, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ned Washington, Katerina?S, Chicago News
Robert Rodi

Paulinho Garcia, the Brazilian-born Chicago guitarist and vocalist, is one of the city's -- if not the country's -- major interpreters of the classic Brazilian repertoire.

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A Hotel, a Phone Number and a Son

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, Twin Peaks, Hotel Pennsylvania, Billboard, Dorsey Brothers, Milli Vanilli, Andrews Sisters, Penn Plaza, Jack Robbins, Decca, Mckim, Elie Hirschfeld, Heptet, Carl Sigman, The Simpsons, Gary Shandling, Artie Shaw, Brill Building, Mead & White, American Dad, Bugs Bunny, Johnny Mercer, Carol Burnett, Lindy's, Great Neck, Rca-Victor-Bluebird, The Muppets, Benny Goodman, Brian Setzer, Helen Forrest, New York News
Michael Sigman

The 15 Penn Plaza plan will bring down the legendary Hotel Pennsylvania. The hotel, built in 1919, has a rich history, an essential part of which is bound up with my father's first hit as a songwriter.

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Remembering Alex Chilton: Icon and Iconoclast

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, The Posies, Big Star, Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Jon Auer, Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, The Box Tops, Sxsw, R.E.M., The Replacements, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Alex Chilton died yesterday, but the guy that rock fans worshipped -- the musician who almost 40 years ago founded Big Star, and in the process helped give birth to power-pop and alternative rock -- died decades ago.

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Singing, Crying and Whining the Blues

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, The Blues, Hazel Miller, Linda Ronstadt, Entertainment, Mick Jagger, Mahalia Jackson, Pbs, Martin Scorsese, Soul, Hattie McDaniel, Music, Blues, Keith Richards, Denver, Gospel Music, Louis Armstrong, African American, Bessie Smith, George Morrison, Rolling Stone, Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll, Black Music, Jerry Wexler, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

As I scope out Denver's upcoming concerts, checking the calendar for any hint or mention of an act associated with blues, jazz, gospel or old school soul, I am left feeling a bit stranded.

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Field Notes From a Songwriter's Centennial

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Miller, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Louis Prima, Johnny Mercer, George Martin, Bob Dylan, Ebb Tide, It's All in the Game, Monty Python, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

My dad's biggest hit -- "It's All In The Game" -- began as classical violin solo composed by Charles Dawes, making it the only No. 1 song to have been co-written by a vice president of the United States.

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