The word ictus is derived from the Latin icere , to hit with a stroke, the stress placed upon an accentuated syllable. Etymologically speak...

News reports indicate that Mitch Mitchell (at the right in the picture, with Hendrix and Noel Redding, left), the drummer for the Jimi Hendr...

There is an oft-repeated story that once when Chet Atkins, at the time the country & western music producer at RCA Victor, was asked to ...

The tarantula is clearly the favored arachnid both in music and the movies. Not only does the tarantula have a movie named in its honor (the...

A “juke” or “juke joint,” according to answers.com , is “a roadside or rural establishment offering liquor, dancing, and often gambling and ...

Although typically defined as a type of guitar, the pedal steel guitar is actually an unusual instance of a stringed instrument becoming a k...

I only today learned that Jimmy Carl Black (pictured at the far left on the back cover of the Mothers’ album Freak Out! ) the former drummer...

Election Day : Whichever candidate you support, today America is on the verge of history, as this article from the L. A. Times online poin...

I’d fully intended to post the following entry on the brush arbor style this weekend, in connection with the Western Christian holidays of “...

David Barker, editor of Continuum’s “33 & 1/3” series of books on classic rock albums, announced yesterday on his blog that Continuum i...

Last month I posted a blog on Van Morrison’s upcoming shows at the Hollywood Bowl—happening at the end of this week, Friday and Saturday, No...

The songs one might consider placing under the broad rubric of “Halloween Rock” occupy a curious niche in rock music history. They do not es...