When it comes to covering a vocal song as an instrumental, guitarist Jeff Golub has his standards. “First, it has to have chord changes that can relate [click here to continue]
The 1979 teen rebellion movie Over the Edge, while not a blockbuster or an Academy Award winner, has its share of die-hard fans, among them Drats!!! [click here to continue]
You never forget your first. With that in mind, Blue October bassist Matt Noveskey recently took time out from the Texas rock band’s latest batch of tour [click here to continue]
A concert album can do wonders for an artist’s career. For Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick, theirs from the 1970s made them superstars. For Virginia [click here to continue]
Despite his forays into satellite radio, movies and television in recent years, Pat DiNizio still considers himself to be a musician first and foremost. [click here to continue]
Sometimes putting the greater good ahead of one’s personal taste is the right thing to do. That’s essentially what Paul Weller did when he agreed [click here to continue]
It’s time to recap the best discs of 2006, and here are the picks from Medleyville staffers. JOE BELOCK’S TOP 10 1. Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3, [click here to continue]
Dismissal from a band isn’t always a dramatic Hollywood-type scene complete with shouting, shoving and/or expletives. Sometimes it happens via an [click here to continue]
A big part of songwriting is knowing what to leave in and what to leave out. And that’s really important when there’s an imposed limit on song [click here to continue]
Musicians usually hate when their work is categorized. But record companies do just that for marketing and promotional purposes. Jeremy Enigk, best known for [click here to continue]