ROCK AND/OR ROLL

The third time was the charm. Two different versions of "The Sounds of Silence" had previously been released before the remixed hit version finally broke through, topping the charts at the beginning of 1966. 

Steven M. Krikorian adopted the stage name Tonio K, naming himself for Thomas Mann’s short story Tonio Kroger but shortening it to Tonio K in reference to Franz Kafka’s The Trial and it’s protagonist Josef K. His first album Life in the Foodchain was rel...

BJ discusses the life and music of great songwriter and reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff.

LMNOP was the musical outlet for guy named Stephen Fievet from Atlanta who always maintained an element of mystery, a talented songwriter whose up tempo and melodic songs often camouflaged dark themes.

In early 1972 Pink Floyd were in the middle of creating one of the most successful and iconic albums in history when they took an unexpected break, flew to France and wrote and recorded an entirely separate album in just two weeks. That very same month, ...

Right back atcha with two weeks in a row of killer AOR.

Let's do this. 

BJ and Brian Sword pick the five worst songs from the Ozzy Osbourne albums released in the eighties.

The Flying Nun television series starring Sally Field ran on ABC from September of 1967 to September of 1970. New Zealand is a sovereign island country situated in Tasman Sea about 1,200 miles east of Australia comprised of two main landmasses—the North ...

The Flying Nun television series starring Sally Field ran on ABC from September of 1967 to September of 1970. New Zealand is a sovereign island country situated in Tasman Sea about 1,200 miles east of Australia comprised of two main landmasses—the North ...