Posts by Gabrielle Medecki

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Wayne Kramer, MC5, Detroit and Metal

The Vh1 Classic Metal Evolution program has a great segment on our friend Wayne Kramer’s place in rock history. When you listen to Wayne, whether solo, as a member of MC5 or DKT, you are experiencing one of the most important figures in rock history.  Check out the full Wayne Kramer archive in Wolfgang’s Vault, [...]

The Black Crowes – the Robinson Brothers

The Black Crowes performance at Newport Folk Festival 08 is live at Wolfgang’s Vault. It’s a great, passionate set featuring a stripped down 12-track set that will be a The Black Crowes fan favorite. Enjoy here. The Robinson brothers, Chris and Rich are brilliant together, and individually as well.   Chris is on tour with [...]

Chicago’s Terry Kath

Formed in 1967, Chicago has been a long-term and very prolific band. Much of it’s great history can be found in the Wolfgang’s Vault Archives in audio and in video. When founding member Terry Kath passed, he left a very young daughter. Today she is working on a documentary [...]

Tom Waits

Tom Waits has what might be the most exciting release of the year coming out October 24.  In anticipation, you may have seen his hilarious “Listening Party” video on his site.   Make sure you check out the two songs he has now released there as well:  the heartbreakingly lovely ballad Back In The Crowd and [...]

New Releases: Marketa Irglova, Joe Henry, Bess Rogers

It’s a great week for new music! Anti-Records has two releases this week we want to note:   Marketa Irglova, and Joe Henry. And our friend Bess Rogers has a new release as well.   Here are some samples of what you might enjoy. Marketa Irglova:  she is best known for her part in the Swell Season [...]

Will Hoge

He’s a veteran singer/songwriter from Nashville, with seven records released to his credit, yet many of us are just getting to know the man known as the voice of “heartland rock.”  You may recognize his song “Even If It Breaks Your Heart.” Let us tell you about Will Hoge. This week, Will Hoge releases his seventh [...]

U2 vs Pearl Jam at Toronto

Documentary films on both Pearl Jam and U2 are scheduled to premiere later this week at the Toronto International Film Festival (that’s Tiff.net to the “in” crowd.)   According to Billboard.com, Pearl Jam’s history is being viewed through the lens of Cameron Crow in “Pearl Jam 20″ which celebrates the band’s 20 years.   U2’s [...]

Mississippi Fred McDowell

It’s been nearly 40 years since we lost  Mississippi Fred McDowell, a cotton farmer who changed the world of music with his guitar.  His mantra was “I Do Not Play Rock and Roll,” a phrase that would later be the title of a successful album in which he played electric guitar. But North Mississippi Bluesman [...]

Introducing Tinariwen

Many of the news headlines this week are centered in Tripoli, Libya as that nation fights for its freedom, voice and culture. Today, we introduce you to a different part of music out of the Libyan desert: Tinariwen. In this collective of musicians from Saharan Africa we find what can happen when East meets West [...]

Remembering Dan Peek of the band America

The BBC reports on the passing of Dan Peek, founding member and original vocalist of the band America.  Peek was 60 years old.   In his career with America, and later solo, Peek contributed to so many hit songs that are indelible in the minds of millions of music fans worldwide, even if we haven’t heard [...]