Intro to The Rock Oracle
Hi, my name is Jason Shrum and I just moved from Seattle WA to Nashville, Tennessee. I guess you could
Read MoreRandom rock music features from our staff
Hi, my name is Jason Shrum and I just moved from Seattle WA to Nashville, Tennessee. I guess you could
Read MoreThe constant theme is the copious amount of energy exchanged between the band and the audience. For me, a great concert is one where the band fuels the crowd, they accept that energy through their ears and bodies and then deliver it back to the performers on stage. It’s a symbiotic relationship, and when it works, it makes for magical evenings.
Read MoreHe and his bandmates recently barnstormed through Florida on their Making Friends tour, with fellow artists Tropidelic and Mike Pinto. Sweet line-up right there… Kbong’s band featured the talented Johnny Cosmic. They’re a strong pairing who feed off of each other well and complement each other onstage but it was Kbong who ruled the stage…
Read MoreA year ago, I had no idea who Stick Figure was. Today, I can’t stop playing their music and I love getting lost in their vibe.
Read MorePaul McCartney visited Orlando this Memorial Day weekend and delivered another show for the ages. I saw the Beatles legend for the first time almost a decade ago – you know, when he was a sprite 70 year-old…
Read MoreKISS – Their act was predictably over the top, the costumes were flamboyant and the pyro sensational. Paul Stanley’s rapport with the audience seemed excessively needy and Gene Simmons spent considerably more time licking his bass than playing it. But, it was freaking great.
Read MoreOn the Flipside – a fascinating look at rock ‘n roll’s classic B-sides. Music from Queen, The Doors and KISS.
Read MoreIn honor of Turkey Day, I decided to put together a list of great Thanksgiving rock songs. I quickly realized that there were not a lot of tunes that fit the description so I was a bit liberal with what I considered to be a Thanksgiving song. My main
Read MoreBack in the formative years of what is now called classic rock, most music fans discovered new music either on the radio, or on their own record players. The common record company practice in those days was to release a single with the anticipated hit song on the A-side and some throwaway track on the bottom of the record – the B-side.
As it turns out, there was some damn good music on those flipsides. This new series focuses on those B-sides that were as strong, if not better and/or sometimes more popular, than their A-side counterpart.
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