Anyone who attended a mainstream rap concert in the 1980s should remember how awful live hip-hop used to be. Although isolated groups like the Fat Boys were developing unique personas and genuine lyrical...

The British are on to something; that's for sure. Virtually every popular Yankee TV show of late is a dumbed-down, regurgitated version of a U.K. program. Everything from punk to techno cuts its proverbial...

Don't ask the members of Friends Like These to discuss in detail their musical backgrounds or philosophies. These boys are much more interested in letting their music do the talking. When asked what inspired...

At first blush, Tim Easton's voice sounds like a generic bar band lead who worships Bob Dylan's "Nashville Skyline." But when you listen to the entirety of his new album, "Break Your Mother's Heart," you'll...

Hell has officially frozen over. Everything you know is wrong. Hawaii Show, the lip-synching side project of ex-Lifter Puller guitarist Steve Barone, recently opened for Nickelback. Now Har Mar Superstar,...

A gifted musician. A gourmet cook. A first-rate storyteller and friend. It's no wonder so many friends liked to drop in on Dave Van Ronk throughout the years. This Sunday, three of those friends (Spider...

At first it resembled a high school talent show. At The Whole Music Club's "Battle of the Bands" on Saturday, moms and dads toted camcorders while little brothers and sisters shuffled around Coffman...