"He's had his ups and downs, album-wise, but through his career Dan Bern has remained one of my real shoulda-woulda-couldas - someone with so much talent, smarts, and showmanship they just plain shouldn't be playing tiny venues to two dozen people. Yet his music has never gained much traction beyond..."

"The poster for Judd Apatow's "Walk Hard: The Story Of Dewey Cox" was recently revealed and you'll remember that we noticed that musician/composer Michael Andrews ("Donnie Darko," "Me & You & Everyone We Know,") was composing the music for the rock biopic satire (the connection? Andrews scored 'Hard' director Jake..."

"A special edition of Monday Morning Blues today with BOS first guest post as our friend The Duke from The Late Greats takes the wheel. Enjoy. Talking Late Greats BluesTom helped me out a few week’s ago with a Songs That Got Me Thru High School post, so I thought..."

"Ok, so the poster for Judd Apatow's Christmas biopic spoof comedy "Walk Hard" is out there and you've likely already seen it, and it's cute and all, right? Whatever. But it's all about the details.We won't bother you with rehashing the story other than you already know it's a rock..."

"Ween. The Go-Betweens. Dan Bern. The National.This is just a sampling of the bands my father -- yes, the much blogged about Father of a Rockist -- has turned ME onto (actually, just this second he informed me he's went to see the great Chris Hillman -- formerly of the..."