by Ray McDonald If you listened to music in 2012, you had a lot of company. Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS, the leading data information systems in the United States entertainment industry, just came out with their year-end sales figures. According to Nielsen’s David Bakula, “Overall music purchases surpassed 1.65 billion units in 2012, up […]
Patti Page, the Singing Rage
Posted January 4th, 2013 at 11:01 pm (UTC+0)
By Katherine Cole Most of the obituaries for singer Patti Page, who died January 1st at 85, included that famous nickname — one I vaguely remember from when I was very young. Very, very young. As I learned more about Ms. Page, it became obvious that her pet name was a fitting one. Can you […]
Remembering Mike Auldridge
Posted January 2nd, 2013 at 11:04 pm (UTC+0)
By Katherine Cole In my last post, I talked about what a great year 2012 had been for roots music. But it was a tough one, too. Levon Helm, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson were among the household names that passed away. The list of sidemen (and women) lost included NRBQ‘s legendary drummer Tom Ardolino last […]
