Since they hail from Leeds, England, you might think that the members of the Music view the Who's legendary Live at Leeds album as sacred.
Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concert picks for 2025
American roots-rock duo Larkin Poe, composed of sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, plays the Commodore Ballroom on April 19.
Charlie Sexton loves touring with Charlie Musselwhite, calls him “the real thing”
Blues fans eagerly anticipating the upcoming Vancouver show by Charlie Musselwhite have further reason to be psyched.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, December 27 to 29
East Van alt-country band Petunia and the Vipers plays a release party for new album Calling Me Back at the Rio Theatre on Friday.
That time 21-year-old Lars Ulrich told me how Metallica was approaching the subject of death on the new Ride the Lightning LP
Way back in March of 1985 I did my first interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who was 21 at the time.
Hot Tuna’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
I always thought Jorma Kaukonen was an underrated guitarist, tasty as all hell in both the rock and blues idioms.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, December 23 to 27
Late-night screening at the Rio of F.W. Murnau's silent 1926 horror film Nosferatu, paired with the music of Radiohead.
That time Bob Rock told me that the album Mötley Crüe was making without Vince Neil was the best thing they’d ever done
Way back in December of 1992 I did my second interview with Vancouver-based hard-rock producer Bob Rock (Metallica, the Cult, Motley Crue).
Joe Satriani says that as a producer, mixer, and engineer, Mike Fraser just makes it happen
Mike Fraser has worked on a lot of records over the years, but the one artist he keeps coming back to is Bay Area guitar hero Joe Satriani.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, December 20 to 22
Screening at the Rio Theatre on Sunday of It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart as small-town American hero George Bailey.
John Mellencamp’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
John Mellencamp is surely one of the finest songwriters ever to emerge from that wacky place called the United States.
Word-for-word with Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath: the complete interview, January 10, 1984
Way back in '84 I did my first interview with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi when the band was touring behind its Born Again album.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, December 16 to 20
50th anniversary screening at the Rio on Wednesday of a 4K restoration of director Bob Clark's Canadian slasher flick Black Christmas.