The long-unavailable 1967 reunion album Together Again from Dion & The Belmonts has returned to streaming, capturing a pivotal moment in the group’s history.
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It’s easy to discount how referential music seems to be today. We don’t have the data, so perhaps the 2020s are the era most reliant on nostalgia. But musicians today certainly aren’t the first to ...
Edmonton-based doo-wop tribute band Twilight Time gave Westlock a glimpse of the 50s at their performance at the Westlock Cultural Arts Theatre (CATS) on Dec. 5. Edmonton-based doo-wop tribute band ...
Lou Carol Franklin of Syracuse remembers fondly growing up in the city’s 15th Ward during the 1950s. Especially the music. “Everyone had a singing group,’ she recalled. With a group of her girlfriends ...
Dean Fagan loves nothing more than to sing to the donkeys at a sanctuary he runs with his wife, Dawn. In this recent performance, he goes full donkey doo-wop, channeling the 1950s teen idol Paul Anka.
You can’t talk about music from this era without including Little Richard, a famed artist from Macon, Georgia. The track, "Tutti Frutti," was written by Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie and recorded in ...
*This, in part, is the story of Jay and the Americans, but it is much more than that. It is about the history of street music. Music is one of the only methods by which we mere mortals can truly time ...
America lost a music legend last week with the death of 1950s singer sensation Connie Francis at age 87. Few Americans today appreciate how great Francis was in her era. She was one of the top female ...
When one thinks of the late great Ronnie James Dio, one often thinks of the golden age of heavy metal and the laundry list of bands he was a part of, from Black Sabbath to Dio to Heaven & Hell. One ...