Laura Nyro

In the early 1990s, two brothers and some friends in Munich formed the Poets of Rhythm, a band inspired by the "deep funk" sound of late-1960s James Brown, The Meters and similar groups. Read More

The 67-year-old composer, singer/songwriter, producer and, most recently, internationally-exhibited visual artist, is currently right up against it. Read More

Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, who lived in Gloucester in the early 1970s, is one of 12 acts nominated for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame for 2010. Read More

It's pretty pathetic when you consider that you can vote for the Chantels and Darlene Love, but not for Linda Ronstadt, Steve Miller, Chicago, Rush, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Journey, Dire Straits or Stevie Ray Vaughan, just to name a few of the ineligible worthies... Read More

I was a rock critic in a past life, so every year around this time, I still get a ballot allowing me to vote for my favorite nominees in the annual election at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read More

Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77, has an encyclopedic heft to it, pulling together a wealth of material not usually found together in such detail. Read More

By the early 1980s, however, Broadway beckoned and McGovern headed to New York, replacing Linda Ronstadt in "The Pirates of Penzance," co-starring with the late Raul Julia in "Nine," and, most recently, playing Marmee in "Little Women" on Broadway and then on a national tour that stopped at Boston's Opera House. Read More

The first half of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's two-night benefit concert and 25th-anniversary celebration lasted six hours, ended at 1:30 a.m. and featuring star-studded sets by curators Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash, with guests ranging from Billy Joel to Tom Morello to doo-wop legends Little Anthony and the Imperials. Read More

Tonight, Monday, October 26, 2009 musical theater's living legend, Stephen Sondheim , will make this first momentous journey to Seattle; and will hold what promises to be an enormously entertaining and informative onstage conversation with his friend and respected New York Times columnist Frank Rich . Read More

In advance of that interview, Dan Savage interviewed Rich. Your career as a theater critic and a writer is profoundly linked to Stephen Sondheim. Read More