One of the longest-touring, most lucrative road acts is hanging up their pedal steel, and quittin the road after forty five years. They...

Proving simultaneously that the King of Pop has a lasting influence on today's performers (check out his new posthumous release with...

One of the regular staples of the Shake Rattle & Roll NYC Dueling Pianos shows is our SECRET 80's SONG game. To give credit where it's...

You KNOW a song has reached it's cultural saturation point when it finds its way into the National Spelling Bee. Way to go, Kelis...and...

Disclaimers --- Ok, this list is entirely subjective. It was not based just on musicianship. Other considerations included cultural...

On the heels of the news that Marilyn Manson will be joining the cast of the final season of Sons of Anarchy, playing a white...

I wasn't always a full-time musician. Like many performers who relied on other jobs to pay the bills in their youth, I bartended...

After our earlier post about Guilty Pleasure songs, I got to thinking about some of mine. It's no secret for anyone who has ever been to...

One of our favorite parts of the Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos show is the now-famous GUILTY PLEASURE HOUR. That last hour of the...

Rock and roll has long been decried as lacking in originality or innovation...for those of you who doubt this, Google the phrase "Axis Of...