This is the thirty-first in a series of Rock & Roll features I'm writing for this site. I'm a rock and roller, so this column is a way for me to feature a different album that I like, from different genres every month. Advertisement: Read Full Story

Well now that the Soul of Rock 'n' Roll has returned in all it's rockin' glory, it seems about time for the Carnival of Rock 'n' Roll to return from it's dormancy as well. This carnival was definitely an interesting one to sort through though. Advertisement: Read Full Story

Yes it's true! After two long months of development, trial and error, divine intervention, cosmic events and other such catastrophes, the Soul of Rock 'n' Roll has returned, and is better than ever before. Read Full Story

Unfortunately the redesign and site updates that were started at the beginning of last month have proved more extensive than first anticipated and are not yet completed. I want to focus my efforts on this redesign and deployment as much as possible, so I am once again making some postponements. The upcoming carnival has officially been postponed again until next month. It should run promptly on November 1st 2009. The time for submissions has also been extended to the end of October, so ple... Read Full Story

Unfortunately the redesign and site updates that were started at the beginning of last month have proved more extensive than first anticipated and are not yet completed. I want to focus my efforts on this redesign and deployment as much as possible, so I am once again making some postponements. Read Full Story

Just a quick update about the Carnival of Rock ‘n’ Roll this month, the Featured album, and the state of the Soul of Rock ‘n’ Roll. This month’s carnival has officially been postponed until next month. It should run promptly on October 1st 2009. The time for submissions has also been extended to the end of September, so please check out http://blogcarnival.com/bc/ and you can submit new material for this now upcoming carnival. This month’s featured column... Read Full Story

Just a quick update about the Carnival of Rock 'n' Roll this month, the Featured album, and the state of the Soul of Rock 'n' Roll. This month's carnival has officially been postponed until next month. It should run promptly on October 1st 2009. The time for submissions has also been extended to the end of September, so please check out http://blogcarnival.com/bc/ and you can submit new material for this now upcoming carnival. Read Full Story

The rock and roll and guitar communities have unfortunately lost a true legend in the past few days. Les Paul passed away last Thursday from complications with pneumonia. He was 94 years old and was still playing clubs and making music right up into the end. It is perhaps somewhat appropriate that Les Paul’s most obvious legacy will be the guitar that bears his name… the infamous Gibson Les Paul. Without Les Paul, such a guitar would never have come into existence. Yes, Les ... Read Full Story

The rock and roll and guitar communities have unfortunately lost a true legend in the past few days. Les Paul passed away last Thursday from complications with pneumonia. He was 94 years old and was still playing clubs and making music right up into the end. Read Full Story

So we are a few days post Lollapalooza 2009 now. Unfortunately financial difficulties (a fancy way of saying “lack of money”) prevented me from going this year. I scrimped and saved, but unforeseen headaches arose and things fell through… a shame too because it sounds like it was a pretty sweet three days. I was looking forward to seeing a whole bunch of bands this year: The Silversun Pickups, Depeche Mode, Tool, Jane’s Addiction, Lou Reed, etc etc and apparently a few of those ... Read Full Story