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The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 24: Happy birthday to Nick Lowe! The English singer, songwriter, and producer whose career spans decades of influential work in rock, pub rock, and new wave was born on March 24, 1949, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He first gained recognition in the early 1970s as a member of Brinsley Schwarz, a group that helped lay the groundwork for the UK pub rock scene. Lowe became a key figure at Stiff Records, producing early hits for artists like Elvis Costello and helping...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 18: Happy birthday to Jerry Cantrell! The guitarist, singer, and songwriter is best known as the co-founder and primary creative force behind the influential rock band Alice in Chains. Born on March 18, 1966, in Tacoma, Washington, Cantrell played a key role in shaping the dark, heavy sound of the early 1990s grunge movement alongside contemporaries like Nirvana and Soundgarden. Cantrell’s guitar style blends sludgy, down-tuned riffs with melodic phrasing, while his songwriting often explores themes of addiction, loss,...

This is the seventh in our series of profiles of iconic record labels, exploring the label's history and some interesting stories about the artists they signed, and music they released. Look for more label profiles coming up soon and check them all out here. The history of Elektra Records is one of the most fascinating evolutions in the music industry, tracing a path from a tiny folk label founded in a college dorm room to a major force within the global recording business. Over more than seven decades, Elektra has helped shape popular music by consistently identifying and nurturing groundbreaking...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAR 9: Sadly, today it was reported that Tommy DeCarlo passed away from brain cancer at age 60. DeCarlo was a rock singer best known as the lead vocalist for the legendary band Boston. Born on April 23, 1965, in Utica, New York, DeCarlo was originally a longtime fan of the group before unexpectedly becoming its frontman. Following the death of original Boston singer Brad Delp in 2007, DeCarlo recorded tribute videos of himself performing Boston songs and posted them...

The wild, unpredictable spirit of rock and roll has produced countless stories that blur the line between myth and reality. Among them is one of the more startling tales involving Iggy Pop, a firearm, and a record award belonging to Chris Stein of Blondie. Like many stories from the late 1970s New York music scene, it is equal parts chaos, camaraderie, and cultural context. To understand the incident, it helps to picture the environment in which it occurred. The downtown New York scene of the mid-to-late ’70s—centered around clubs like CBGB—was a breeding ground for punk, new wave, and artistic...