Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Woodstock, and a fair evaluation of modern music

The intersection between art and technology isn’t confined to the music industry, but strangely, the idea that modern artists are merely inferior copies of past greats isn’t generally applied outside of it.  Bob Dylan is sometimes credited with taking the electric guitar mainstream when he “plugged in” at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.  By… Continue reading Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Woodstock, and a fair evaluation of modern music

The Oscars are an embarrassment for an industry that prides itself on creativity and showmanship

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that a show about movies should offer what you haven’t seen before, leaving you with a little of the magic in your own home, rather than scratching your head wondering what they pay these people so much more money for in the first place. Hollywood is supposed… Continue reading The Oscars are an embarrassment for an industry that prides itself on creativity and showmanship

Greta Van Fleet and the insatiable need to rock

There’s little doubt the 80s rocked, but sadly both the word “rock,” whether as a noun, verb, adjective, or possible adverb form along with the genre itself fell out of favor in the early 1990s for reasons that remain entirely unexplained - perhaps until now. There’s little doubt the 80s rocked.  If the 70s were… Continue reading Greta Van Fleet and the insatiable need to rock

Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, and the enduring genius of rock and roll

Generation Z is known for many things, but rocking out isn’t one of them.  They are poised to be the first generation since the Baby Boomers with no defining band.  Greta Van Fleet, the throwback rockers from rural Michigan, might be poised to change all that, proving once again that you can’t kill rock and… Continue reading Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, and the enduring genius of rock and roll