Kurtis Blow proved to be immediately influential on the then-nascent rap scene. When Rev. Run ofRun-D.M.C.started his career, he billed himself as "The Son of Kurtis Blow" to give him an air of credibility that
How Florida threw out the pork chop gangHow the state legislature was revolutionized in less than a decade, from a national joke to a near standard of excellence for other state assemblies to follow.doi:10.1002/ncr.4100600704James Nathan Miller...
New Orleans’ Réveillon (REV-ee-on) dinners date back to the 19th-century Creoles, who gathered for family feasts after midnight mass on Christmas Eve. Today’s celebrations take place at dozens of restaurants throughout the city, with many traditional dishes still featured on the decadent menu...
The Titanic left Queenstown harbor and sank while en route to the United States. For decades after the disaster, there was little doubt about what sank the Titanic. When the "unsinkable" ship, the largest, most luxurious ocean liner of its time, crashed into an iceberg on its maiden voyage...
What they learned opening for Depeche Mode on tour, how Zach’s child is taking to music making, Colin teaches us how to play guitar, Zach’s cig brand, lyrics are actually a lot like a diary, which festival is the most prestigious, how they’re making their live show more hi-...
I think it's a combination of having played so many notes over the years—I've chosen whatnotto play anymore[laughs]—and I feel like every time I pick the guitar up, it's like I'm playing for the last time. So, I put my heart and soul into it, especially on stage. Especially...
I was having one of these moments where I was like, "I need to go to talk to somebody who I’ve known for a long time." I thought it would be cool to just walk over [to an old friend's] and knock on the door. It was night time, and I was walking the two blocks in Echo...
"If you're a guitar nerd, you can hear the more modern approach on the rhythm sounds, with the eight and seven string guitars. It's real heavy and aggressive. It sounds like something that fits today's metal climate. But if you listen to the lead sounds, they have this sort of old...
You’re taking them on this new journey. The Section got to open every one of those shows, so we were having a ball. We got to play our asses off for the whole tour. One of the things for me that was a real poignant memory, I don’t drink at all, for the most part. I’ve...
"Irving Azoff, a lot of people in the industry don’t like him because he’s so successful. But to us, he’s that college kid, who said, 'Neal, you play the piano, [and] you play the guitar...I’ll be the manager,'" Doughty recalled during a conversation on theUCR Podcast. ...