.Bill Kopp

Still dancing, the spirit of a celebrated ’70s glam rocker provides the backdrop for Bolan’s Shoes, the directorial debut by Welsh-born actor/writer/director Ian Puleston-Davies.  Puleston-Davies...

When the English Beat hit the UK music scene in late ’70s, the Birmingham group found a huge audience with its mix of 2-tone/ska...

In 1998, Joel Selvin was well into his third decade as a pop music journalist when he published a book that made a serious...

David Bowie was one of popular music’s most groundbreaking artists.  He was the Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, the Man Who Fell...

Deadheads didn’t invent taping concerts. As Clinton Heylin chronicles in his exhaustive 1994 book, Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry, people...

On Tuesday, some familiar names in heavy metal like Megadeth and Five Finger Death Punch rock the Shoreline Amphitheatre. With them is a relatively...

Formed in 1984 by bassist Les Claypool, Bay Area prog/metal/alternative band Primus have long since established their bonafides as an original outfit, with nine...

The life of a touring musician is perilous enough: The general hazards of the road make everyday existence a constant challenge. Add to that...