Don’t forget to set your DVR’s…. (R) = rebroadcast Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) 8/8 Drive-By Truckers (R) 8/9 Eddie Vedder (R) 8/10 Dawes (R) 8/12 Blake Shelton (R) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) 8/9 Cage the Elephant 8/10 Ximena Sariana Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) 8/8 Eric Church 8/9 Luke Bryan 8/10 […]
Ears Wide Open Music on TV Report: Blink-182, Lykke Li, Colbie Caillat, Matt and Kim Highlight Week of Aug. 1
Every week, I’ll be previewing the following week’s musical guests on late night television (and occasionally daytime, too). My individual “must see” picks will be highlighted/italicized. Don’t forget to set your DVR’s…. (R) = rebroadcast Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) 8/1 Christina Perri 8/3 Blink-182 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) 8/1 Matt […]
Ears Wide Open: What Are Your Summer Plans?
Summer is heating up and that this year’s annual crop of music festivals is fast upon us. You already have Lollapalooza in Chicago (Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Eminem, The Cars, Lykke Li) and the Austin (Texas) City Limits music festival (Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Stevie Wonder) in August and September, respectively. You also have one right […]
Ears Wide Open: I Know My ABC’s (Brought To You By The Letters A-F)
So I’m back from a self imposed hiatus thanks to a crippling bout of writer’s block and assorted other odds and ends that I’ve had to deal with. So let’s just say that I’ve been on Spring Break. In honor of Teacher Appreciation week (Go ahead, hug a teacher. You know you want to.), here […]
Ears Wide Open: Surprises and Some Head Scratching at The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
More than any other award show, the GRAMMY awards always seem to generate a fair amount of buzz and no shortage of opinions on the performances that take place during the course of the telecast. This year was certainly no exception. The show immediately opened with a tribute to the Queen of Soul, the iconic […]
Ears Wide Open: Sounds (and Some Sights) of the Super Bowl
Super Bowl XLV is in the books and regardless of how you feel about the winner (or loser), everyone always seems to want to chat about the commercials and entertainment that goes hand in hand with the NFL’s big day. My Twitter feed and Facebook wall were buzzing with everyone chiming in with their observations, […]
Ears Wide Open: When It Comes To Cover Songs There’s Just Nothing As Good As the Original…Usually
I’ll be the first to admit it—I’m a bit of a music snob. This is not to suggest that I don’t recognize the place that artists like Justin Bieber, Susan Boyle, and others have in the pop culture lexicon. But musically, they don’t do much for me. I feel the same way about cover bands. […]
Ears Wide Open: The Best Things I Listened To In 2010; Music Vet Asks Harford “What Do You Listen To?”
As a 15 year veteran of the music industry (with a good measure of politics thrown in), I was excited when the good people at The Dagger asked if I would be interested in blogging about one of my true passions. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to share some of the music that […]
