Nolesrock's Blog

The world was rocked today with the news of his passing. Oddly enough, I'd had a premonition of sorts just two days ago. I was just abou...

  This kickass rock band from the UK got my attention in junior high when I first heard the track, “Love Ain’t No Stranger,” on the radio. I...

I'm a rock-n-roll guy; have been for a long time. But I started out listening to my parents' record collection. And because I had a ...

"English-speaking and Creole-dominated, Belize has more in common with its Caribbean island neighbors than its bordering Spanish-speaki...

I was conceived sometime near the end of 1967 after the infamous "summer of love" and the release of two preeminent Beatles albums...

Sitting in a quiet cafe this morning, nearly lulled to sleep by the hum of the overhead flourescent lights, I put in a 70's music CD I h...

This song has always resonated with me...the lyrics, the melancholy in brad's voice that must have come from that deep, dark place where...

If it wasn’t apparent in part one of this series , I idolized my uncle Greg. Beyond his musical influences—his record collection, his drumse...

Recorded music was always a standard at our house and my parents were children of the 50’s and 60’s, so that music was usually Rock ‘n Roll....

I've been diligently working on some classic Christmas CDs to enjoy this holiday season. I love the classics by Andy Williams, Frank Si...

Wow, what a once-in-a-lifetime experience! I was privileged to see Rush twice on their North American tour, this time compliments of my go...

…and we are merely players, performers and portrayers, each another’s audience outside the gilded cage. (“Limelight,” lyrics by Neil Peart) ...

Some people call it the new "easy listening" (read elevator) music, but I call it native music. A great grandchild of New Orleans ...

BUDDY RICH 1917-1987 When considering great drummers of the modern era, one man stands at the top of the heap: Bernard "Buddy" R...

Some of you may not know that "in another life" I worked as a radio personality and semi-professional drummer. The short-lived smo...