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Shut up and Play
Shut up and Play
When instrumentals speak louder than words
Kenneth McKay
Mar 6, 2021
Love You Live
Love You Live
Why live Rock albums are a lost art and should be treasured
Kenneth McKay
Sep 11, 2020
Big Riffing
Big Riffing
How Some Diminutive Musicians became Rock Giants
Kenneth McKay
Aug 4, 2020
Neon Roots, Soul Brothers, and Rainy Days
Neon Roots, Soul Brothers, and Rainy Days
Is Billie Eilish reliving history or righting it?
Kenneth McKay
Apr 26, 2020
‘Tar liom’
‘Tar liom’
When Rory Gallagher made Irish guitarists matter
Kenneth McKay
Mar 15, 2020
A Star is Bored
A Star is Bored
When actors act like musicians…and the world shrugs
Kenneth McKay
Nov 25, 2019
Sympathy for the Devils
Sympathy for the Devils
Were the Rolling Stones actually the best band of the British Invasion?
Kenneth McKay
Sep 6, 2019
White Rabbits, Nixon, and Chik-fil-A
White Rabbits, Nixon, and Chik-fil-A
How Grace Slick unabashedly ushered in the age of the female rock star
Kenneth McKay
Jul 9, 2019
Pull My Finger(s)
Pull My Finger(s)
The Eddie Van Halen/Thelonius Monk Correlation
Kenneth McKay
May 8, 2019
Send More Musicians, Keep the Geese, Eh?
Send More Musicians, Keep the Geese, Eh?
Why music might be Canada’s greatest export, not weird bacon
Kenneth McKay
Apr 13, 2019
Pound for Pound
Pound for Pound
Why drummers are the hardest working musicians in Rock and Roll
Kenneth McKay
Mar 13, 2019
The Songs Remain the Same
The Songs Remain the Same
Is Greta Van Fleet plundering rock classics or saving Classic Rock?
Kenneth McKay
Feb 7, 2019
Run, Joe. Run!
Run, Joe. Run!
Why Joe Walsh just might be the Forrest Gump of Rock and Roll
Kenneth McKay
Jan 13, 2019
Dead Are All the Gods
Dead Are All the Gods
Part 1: Is Taylor Swift the new Jimi Hendrix?
Kenneth McKay
Dec 27, 2018
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