According to Keith Richards’ son Marlon, the Rolling Stones may have an album of new material ready to go by the end of the year. As reported by Record Collector Magazine, the younger Richards indicates that the Stones have been working in the studio with producer Andrew Watt, who helmed…

According to Keith Richards’ son Marlon, the Rolling Stones may have an album of new material ready to go by the end of the year. As reported by Record Collector Magazine, the younger Richards indicates that the Stones have been working in the studio with producer Andrew Watt, who helmed their 2024 album Hackney Diamonds, a record that represented the band’s first collection of new material in almost two decades…

After reading my colleague Bob Ruggiero’s review of the new book Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey from Stage Lights to Executive Heights, which traces the career of Derek Shulman, who went from fronting the prog rock band Gentle Giant to working as a record company executive, I got to thinking…

After reading my colleague Bob Ruggiero’s review of the new book Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey from Stage Lights to Executive Heights, which traces the career of Derek Shulman, who went from fronting the prog rock band Gentle Giant to working as a record company executive, I got to thinking about others who have made similar career renavigations. While it is true that spending time in the trenches of the music biz as an artist does give a person a rare and valuable perspective regarding the business, the fact is that most musicians do not possess the skills to both perform music and negotiate a recording contract…