When my daughters were little girls we traveled to Asbury Park beach, which is the same place I frequently visited as a teenager. We collectively renamed it to Raspberry Park. We also went to Wildwood and Cape May, I hope to take my grandkids there someday.
Say YaY for Monterey đ The iconic event was full of notable performances by Canned Heat, Laura Nyro, Jefferson Airplane, Booker T. & the M.G.âs, and the Grateful Dead. Montereyâs multi-genre bill offered the best of what the 1960s had to offer: sentimental folk, experimental psychedelia, and straightforward rock ânâ roll. In addition to the music, the festivalâs social attitude, artistic style, and general âvibeâ helped define the ethos of the Summer of Love. West Coast was a musical mecca, and the Monterey Pop Festival was the worldâs journey to this central point.
Roughly 200,000 people attended the Monterey International Pop Festival. Compared to Woodstockâs approximately 400,000, the 1967 festival seemed somewhat small. But at the time, it was one of the largest and most significant musical events the U.S. had ever seen. Fortunately for many of the artists involved, this impressive accolade meant that their inclusion on the lineup caused their careers to skyrocket practically overnight.
Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 â c. June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producerwho co-founded the Beach Boys.
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summerâs poet laureate, dies at 82
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The Broadway version brings these songs to life in a fresh format: younger actors channeling the essence of musicians decades older, the Tiny Desk adaptation keeps the intimacy and grooves but in a stripped-down, soulful way.
Jazz is in my DNA and there to stay.
Rock Superstar Elton John gives credit to one of his greatest inspirations, Leon Russell.
Leon's credits include A Song For You, This Masquerade, Delta Lady, Hummingbird Rainbow In Your Eyes, Lady Blue, Back To The Island.
He was known as the Jazz Ambassador to the world. Maestro Willis Conover worked at the Voice of America and was best known to jazz lovers by his award-winning broadcast, Voice of America Jazz Hour.
He reportedly produced hands-on and with all musical instruments, including acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass synth, bass, Fuzz bass, singing bass, acoustic piano, and electric piano. He also played poly-Moog, mini-Moog, Arp Pro Soloist, Arp string ensemble, Oberheim four-voice, drums, water drums, syndrums, clavinet, bongos, slapsticks, finger cymbals, congas, orchestral bells, wind chimes, brush trap, woodblocks, finger snaps, tree bell, and handclaps.
As one well-known jazz musician once reportedly said âIf you all stopped obsessing about me playing âjazzâ, maybe I would be playing festival stages rather than tiny clubs by now.â But while there have been meandering debates about jazz during its long history, another genre has become far more contentious in recent years: world music.