A river runs through it. The album and title track both reference the Tyne, which bisects Knopfler's childhood hometown of Newcastle, England, while also creating a powerful boundary image between past and present: There's no going back. Yet with "Ahead of the Game," Knopfler makes clear ...
Johnny Cash, 'At Folsom Prison' (1968) Columbia Johnny Cash, 'At Folsom Prison' (1968) Johnny Cash began performing in prisons in the late '50s, but it was this 1968 live album that helped resuscitate the Man in Black’s career. At this point, Cash’s popularity was in steep decline,...
Johnny Cash, 'At Folsom Prison' (1968) Columbia Johnny Cash, 'At Folsom Prison' (1968) Johnny Cash began performing in prisons in the late '50s, but it was this 1968 live album that helped resuscitate the Man in Black’s career. At this point, Cash’s popularity was in steep decline...
Recorded largely during a 1985 tour, Dio’s first live album featured six cuts, three of which were culled from the group’s most recent studio effort, ‘Sacred Heart.’ While “King of Rock and Roll,”“Rock N’ Roll Children” and “Sacred Heart” all deserve recognition, the crown je...
MS:I was 15. I knew Frankie Newton’s name, because my father had the record of “Fine and Mellow” and the label says, “Trumpet obbligato by Frankie Newton.” I’m certain I was the only 15-year-old on the planet in 1979 who knew who Frankie Newton was. A unique, swing era ...
Her father would go to town meeting and the rest of the family would go out and tap. She also reminded me that many folks start their seedlings about now, since it is traditional to plant on Memorial Day, although she often delays both the seedlings and the planting for a week or two...