Rock News, Shows and Stuff
Review: Moonage Daydream
Moonage Daydream was not at all what I expected. I expected a documentary. What I got was an explosion of sound and vision, like a montage. This is not to say I was disappointed. As a lifelong fan of David Bowie, I’ve come to expect the unexpected. This played like what I always imagine when, after a near-death experience, people say they “saw their lives flash before their eyes.” But this flash lasted for 2½ hours. The only narration is … Read More
By: Cheryl Fallstead
A History of Blues Music
Blues is the name given to the musical form and the music genre that emerged from the African-American communities and the black cultural melting pot of the American South of the 1890’s, drawing on a fascinating mixture of African-American spirituals, traditional songs, work songs of the slaves, field hollers, shouts and chants, folk ballads, European hymns, contemporary dance music and rhymed simple narrative ballads. During their back-breaking toil in the fields of the Southern plantations, black slaves developed a “call and response” way … Read More
By: Cheryl Fallstead
Soul Train
UPDATE: The Soul Train contest is now over. Congratulations to the 60 lucky winners! The Soul Train will be taking place on its new date of Thursday, October 13, 2022. The winners from the original date should have received a phone call and/or email notifying them of the new date, but if you won and haven’t heard, please check your email, perhaps in the spam folder. The Soul Train is back! On Thursday, September 15, 2022, KBAC is hosting a … Read More
By: Cheryl Fallstead
