The Bombino Rebel Rock n Roll Blues in Exile Omara “Bombino” Moctar is a Tuareg Guitarist from Agadez, Niger. Tuareg is the name of a nomadic peoples living regionally in the Sahara desert. This area has been in turmoil in the [read more...]
The predominant clinical features seen in the catatonic subtype of schizophrenia involve disturbances in a person’s movement. Affected people may exhibit a dramatic reduction in activity, to the point that voluntary movement stops, as in catatonic stupor. Alternatively, activity can [read more...]
Before Hendrix and Chuck Berry, There Was Sister Rosetta Tharpe Her recorded music and live performances played a highly significant role in the creation of rock, with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Little Richard and Chuck Berry all [read more...]
There was a bridge between the New Wave of the early 80's and the Punk Rock of the late 70's and it was minimalist: a tongue in cheek melancholy with a hard edge, and it came from artists and bands [read more...]
For many centuries, Santa has been the patron saint of young people and has been associated with Christmas and gifts. His name, originally from the Latin, Sanctus Nicolaus, has had various forms, including the German, Sankt Nikolaus, and Dutch Sinter [read more...]
Alan Freed, DJ, Promoter, and all around Dangerous Rock n Roll legend, was said to have coined the phrase “Rock n Roll” and bring this strange “Rhythm & Blues” to the masses. After promoting tickets on his radio show, the [read more...]
If a man or a woman were placed without clothes, food, or water in a shadeless portion of the Sahara desert, that person would be dead before nightfall. Let's take a hard look at what happens to you when you [read more...]
It was almost 40 years ago in December 1977 on Saturday night live one man finally had enough with the way record corporations were trying to dictate his career. Elvis Costello was actually not supposed to be the musical guest [read more...]
Professor Longhair wasn’t just another blues man hammering at the keys—he was a cosmic glitch in the matrix of American music, a trickster saint from Bogalusa who taught a busted piano how to dance. Born Henry Roeland Byrd in 1918, [read more...]
