This Saturday 4/20 marks another important event that began back in 2007. Record Store Day is an international affair designed to bring attention to all the independent record stores in…

On this issue of Counterpoint A Musicians Tale, Cornel Bogdan sits down for an interview with Joanne Shaw Taylor discussing her newest release and diving into her incredible music career…

April 19 1959    A song that was recorded when Dolly Parton was just eleven years old, “Puppy Love” is released by Goldband Records and flops.  Nothing really happens for…

In 1969 there were a multitude of summer music festivals, the Atlanta Pop Festival, the Atlantic City Pop Festival, the Texas International Pop Festival, Altamont and of course the granddaddy…

On Friday the Bacon Brothers are releasing their new album “Ballad Of The Brothers” and even though this is the 10th album release from the Bacon Brothers it might be…

April 18 1957 Buddy Knox  hit with the song “Party Doll” when he got called up for six months of active duty with the US Army Reserve. Roulette Records rushed…

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash teamed up with Chris Stapleton to recorded a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well”. The track comes from Slash’s upcoming guest-filled album, Orgy Of The Damned, which will be…

Hey Deadheads, Robert Hunter’s long-lost manuscript, The Silver Snarling Trumpet, has been set for publication coming out on October 8th, the recently unearthed book will tell the origin story of the…

April 17 1960 A freak traffic accident claims the life Eddie Cochran when the taxi he was riding blew a tire and hit a lamp post. Best known for “Summertime…

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is hosting a screening of a documentary about Val Shively and 50 years of collecting and selling records in Philadelphia. Filmmaker Christopher Plant…