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London-based Django Django ingeniously brings together disparate influences to create a cohesive, psychedelic art-pop sound.

(AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File) If it wasn’t for the worldwide web, the particulars of a festival-style rock concert I attended in 1970 would be forever lost to memory.  Before searching out the concert, I remembered only three things: it was held in San Jose, Calif., in an outdoor sports stadium; that The Ike and Tina Turner Revue headlined the show; and that the show was general admission. Though I had arrived early and had “front row” seats, I could not remember any of the other bands on the bill. I remembered that Ike and Tina headlined because they played last and absolutely brou...

Apr 12, 2021 5:06 AM We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago….she was called “Delta Lady” by the some of the many male musicians that vied for her attention. “She” was Rita Coolidge, If you only know here by her soft pop hits of the late 70’s and early 80’s, you should take a listen to her first LP “Rita Coolidge”, released in February of 1971. Coolidge was part of a loose collection of musicians & singers known as Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. She sang background for their late 60’s and early 70’s LPs which got her gigs with...

Posted: Mar 14, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: March 14 Yukon musician Aiden Tentrees.(Photo submitted by Aiden Tentrees) comments This story is part of a web series called Music that Matters with CBC Yukon's Airplay host Dave White. Dave sits down with Yukoners to talk about five pieces of music that inspire them.  You never know when Aiden Tentrees is going to appear musically in the Yukon — or what form that appearance will take. He might show up as one half of Soda Pony, as part of the Swamp Sex Robots, or as Garbageman. No matter what guise he wears, Tentrees brings a lot o...

By Keefer “The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.”—Lou Reed. While the guitar was instrumental to Lou Reed’s life in music, his eclectic taste in the art of songwriting has always stretched beyond that one singular instrument. “Rock and roll is so great, people should start dying for it,” the Velvet Underground founder once said. “You don’t understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream…The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not for music? Die for it,” he added, in what is the clearest r...