News and Reviews

News and reviews about music, concerts, events, technology and more by Stephen K. Peeples.

Mark Lewisohn and Stephen K. Peeples, 10-28-13

UPDATED: Lewisohn Beatles Bio ‘Tune In’ Paperback Out October 2016

By Stephen K. Peeples Beatles Historian Provides Inside Look at Best-Selling First Installment of 3-Volume Fab Four Biography Exclusive VIDEO Interview w/ Stephen K. Peeples The long-awaited...

Grateful Dead-Jefferson Starship at Lindley Meadows, 9/28/75

A very slightly edited version of a feature concert review of The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Starship first published in Cash Box magazine Oct....

‘Mama’ Cass Elliot Honored with Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Congratulations to the late Cass Elliot across the universe and to her family, friends, and colleagues still with us here on her new star...

‘Starting Over’ by Ken Sharp Recaps Lennon-Ono ‘Double Fantasy’ Sessions

This is a slight update of a feature I wrote about Ken Sharp's 2010 book, "Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon and Yoko...

Local Faves Sheila E., Ozomatli On Playboy Jazz Bill In June

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Latin and rock drummer/percussionist Sheila E. and multi-cultural genre-mashing septet Ozomatli, who've both appeared in the Santa Clarita Valley and developed a local fan...
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Beatles 1 Reissue Sights & Sounds Rock Grammy Museum

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Grammy-Winning Audio Producer Giles Martin, Filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg Discuss New Mixes of Beatles Hits, Restored Film Clips Spanning 1962-1970 By Stephen K. Peeples "Beatles 1" and...
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Herb Pedersen on J2B2, DRB, Pal Chris Hillman’s ‘Time Between’

Herb Pedersen, one of the pioneers and legends of folk-rock, country-rock, and contemporary bluegrass, is happy to be back on the concert stage as...
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Jimi Hendrix ‘Voodoo Child’ Bio: Kubernik Brothers Q&A

EXP ANNOUNCER: We interrupt our regular programming with a special announcement regarding a new book about Jimi Hendrix whose authors offer a fresh perspective...
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Bob Neuwirth Debut LP Reissue Marks 50th Anniversary

The following is a press release announcing the 50th anniversary of the eponymous 1974 debut album by Bob Neuwirth, to be reissued on vinyl...
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Is Kinky Friedman ‘The Loneliest Man I Ever Met’?

Notorious Texas Troubadour Wrapped Coast-to-Coast 'Bi-Polar' Tour at McCabe's Dec. 5-6, 2015 By Stephen K. Peeples The night after Kinky Friedman finished recording “The Loneliest Man...