News and Reviews

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

All Strings Attached - The Shemanski Family Bluegrass Band

All Strings Attached – Shemanski Family Plays ‘House Blend’

Bluegrass Quintet from Leona Valley Makes TV Debut with High-Lonesome Classics By Stephen K. Peeples All Strings Attached, the all-acoustic vocal-instrumental quintet featuring members of the...
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Kardashian Killed My Rolling Stone Subscription

First-generation reader and ex-music biz pro now finds Rolling Stone as irrelevant as RS now finds first-generation readers UPDATED 8/4/15 with news about Jason Fine and Peter Travers By...

From Grooving in the Playboy Jazz Crowd to Playing on the Festival Stage

Ulysses Bella of East Los Angeles was one of those hard-partying music fans way up in the back of the 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl the...
Marl Lewisohn and Stephen K. Peeples, April 2016

Extended Edition of Lewisohn Beatles Bio ‘Tune In’ Out in U.S. Nov. 7

The complete, uncut and unabridged Extended Special Edition of "The Beatles: All These Years, Vol. 1 – Tune In" by noted Fab Four historian Mark Lewisohn will at...
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Wild Honey, Lenny Kaye, Rhino to Celebrate 50 Years of ‘Nuggets’

URL SlugBenefit concert producers the Wild Honey Foundation, original compilation curator Lenny Kaye, and archival label Rhino Records will celebrate the 50th anniversary of...
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Bhaskar Menon: Former Capitol Colleagues Remember EMI Music Chief

Bhaskar Menon, EMI Music Worldwide founding chairman and CEO and one of the record industry's most respected leaders, died at his home in Beverly...

Obituary – Rodger Joseph Miceli, USS Midway Veteran, USPS Retiree

Rodger Joseph Miceli, U.S. Navy and USS Midway veteran, retired United States Postal Service letter carrier, cosmetologist, artist, and longtime resident of Carlsbad, California,...
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Henry Diltz: Photography Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Honoree

"Surprised and honored to learn I am receiving the International Photography Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award," legendary lensman Henry Diltz noted on his...
Stephen K. Peeples interviews ZZ Top's Dusty Hill, Frank Beard and Billy Gibbons at the Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Nov. 29, 1975.

ZZ Top: 1975 Flashback with That Li’l Ol’ Band from Texas

ZZ Top kicked off their 50th-anniversary tour of the States in summer 2019, prompting me to revisit the feature I wrote about the "Li'l...
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The ‘Stolen Moments’ of Rock Photographer Harold Sherrick

Veteran rock photographer Harold Sherrick has finally collected his favorite photos in a book, after years of fans, friends and family urging him to...