"Howie Klein was a cultural sleuth who had a knack for recognizing important moments."

"He had a positivity, a determination, an intellect, and sense of humor that made him an army of one."

"I learned so much. Not just about the music business, but about worldly things, spirituality"

"He had written on a map of the United States in red Sharpie, 'all bands on tour at all times'."

"He was steadfast and brave about his last endeavour, facing quietly but squarely into the wind."

Although the first time I went to Morocco I was hanging out with Jimi Hendrix, down south in Essaouira, the Rolling Stones— and...

When I was in college (1965-69), The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones divide was one of the classic cultural dichotomies of the day. For many...

-by Denise Sullivan Back in the Paleolithic era, before Howie hired me away from my own private hell working as the front desk...

You’ll never be far from the mark if you interpret Trump’s accusations against his opponents as part of the primitive projectionist...

Lets Roll Again The Chrome Hearts are Micah Nelson (guitar), Corey McCormick (bass), Anthony LoGerfo  (drums) and Spooner Oldham (Farfisa...

How About Beyoncé, Jacinda Ardern Or Winston Churchill? I made my career in the music business where I learned what charisma was. When I...

by Noah You may remember that at some point last year, a bubblegum country recording "artist" named Jason Aldean became some sort of...

Go ahead, click on Patti I think I first became a radio dj in 1966 or ’67— WUSB, the Stony Brook college station. They didn’t really want...

I’m not sure how influential Rolling Stone  is these days but they do have 60 million unique monthly visitors, which is a lot more than...

Bob Dylan had already been putting records out for 3 years before I caught on. I missed his eponymous debut (early 1962) but years later...

My parents and all their friends were Frank Sinatra-Dean Martin fans when they were in high school. Those high school friends stayed as...

No, This One Isn’t Trump… It’s The Eagles This is a long and convoluted story and because I know so many of the characters, hard to tell....

An old friend from Stony Brook, Brian Baxter, is working on an art project and a couple of days ago he asked me if I could remember all...

In 1978, Dolly Parton had been a major country artist for a decade. At the time, I was a music journalist writing about both country...

Until he died, whenever I went to New York, I always reserved some time in my schedule to spend with him. I’m not going to name him...