Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, December 12 to 14
The Pack A.D. performs at the sold-out Keith Richards birthday bash and Vancouver Food Bank fundraiser at the Rickshaw on Saturday.
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That time I wondered how cool it would be to see Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush opening for Rush
I thought it might be coolly Canadian if Mahogany Rush opened for Rush when they got here. What a (double) rush that would be, right?
Tales of stuck trucks are lyrical fodder for Corb Lund’s “left-of-centre weirdo country”
These days Lund has left the hard-rock road behind, stuck on a cowboy hat, and launched a career as a shit-kickin’ country artist.
Rock Hall inducts 16 artists, but none of them are named Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, or J.J. Cale
By Steve Newton Yesterday the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted 16 artists for its class of 2024, but none of them were named Johnny Winter or Rory Gallagher. Or even J.J. Cale, for that matter. The braindead twats at the Rock Hall seem to believe that acts like Cher, Kool & the Gang, … Continue reading Rock Hall inducts 16 artists, but none of them are named Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, or J.J. Cale
That time guitarist Joe Gooch told me that he just got lucky when he replaced Alvin Lee in Ten Years After
I interviewed Joe Gooch three years after he replaced Alvin Lee as the guitarist-vocalist for legendary blues-rock band Ten Years After.
That time Godsmack’s Tony Rombola told me who his eight main guitar influences were
I interviewed Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola back in 2006, when the Boston alt-metal band was touring behind its fifth studio album, IV.
That time Taj Mahal got all cosmic on my ass about the infinite possibilities of music
Taj Mahal wasn’t too impressed with the fact that I wasn’t really up on John Coltrane. “I’m tellin’ ya man, you’re missin’ out on life.”
Braindead Rock Hall nominates Mariah Carey and Cher, snubs Johnny and Rory yet again!
By Steve Newton It looks like Newt’s Rock Hall won’t be closing down any time soon. Three months ago I posted a blog in which I stated that, once the waaaaayyyy overdue inductions of Johnny Winter and Rory Gallagher into the official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced, I’d be shuttering the underground … Continue reading Braindead Rock Hall nominates Mariah Carey and Cher, snubs Johnny and Rory yet again!
That time Pete Yorn told me about getting into Warren Zevon and recording his “Splendid Isolation”
I did my first interview with Pete Yorn back in January of 2007, when he was touring behind his third studio album, Nightcrawler.
That time Zakk Wylde told me that Dimebag was keeping the beer on ice up in God’s tavern–but the Crown Royal might already be gone
I did my third interview with Zakk Wylde when his band Black Label Society was touring behind its sixth studio album, Mafia.a
That time I asked James Hetfield if anger was the motivating force for Metallica’s St. Anger
I did my second interview with James Hetfield on March 11, 2004, when Metallica was touring behind its much-maligned St. Anger album.
George Thorogood says that the guitar just made all the sense in the world to him–and he dug it
“Guitar was the easiest thing, because you can travel with it, you can play on the street corner with it, and you can do auditions with it…”
Victoria’s Jets Overhead soar with help from studio aces Neil Osborne and Warne Livesey
The guitar-driven music on Bridges is reminiscent of 54-40, although overall it’s more in the darkly melodic Death Cab for Cutie vein.
