Author: L. Kent Wolgamott

Alice Cooper is happy to talk about who he is, and not just during interviews. “I’m Alice. I’m the master of madness, the sultan of surprise,” he sings on “I’m Alice,” the lead track of his new album “Road.” On track two, “Welcome to the Show,” he adds, “I play the creature ‘cause I know…

The Marshall Tucker Band had its hits in the 1970s. But when singer Doug Gray looks out at the audiences at the band’s shows, he doesn’t see a room full of those who grew up on the songs. He sees a lot of people who weren’t born when “Can’t You See,” “Fire on the Mountain”…

When the pandemic pulled Incubus off of the road, the band’s turntablist Chris Kilmore didn’t slip into months of wait-and-see inactivity He used the time to work at the keyboards, which he picked up later in life, learn some more music theory and, of course, try to further the turntable skills and sounds he’s been…

There’s an argument that, in the streaming era, there’s no reason to make an album, that music is now a track-by-track playlist in which only the most dedicated fans will listen to an 11-song package. So why did singer Leigh Kakaty and Pop Evil just make and release their seventh album, “Skeletons?” “The real answer?”…

This summer and fall, as he has done annually since 1989, save for a two-year interruption because of the pandemic, Ringo Starr will be on tour, playing two monthlong tours that include shows six days of most weeks. For a drummer/singer who is a month shy of 83, that might seem like a demanding workload.…