Why does the phrase "Guitar Heroes" always have me thinking the wanton destruction of guitars? I guess it’s my age, as the sure fi...

Gretchen Menn : Scrap Metal [ purchase ]  The guitar, of course, is the signature instrument of rock music, and it should also come as no ...

purchase [ Elephant Mountain ]   Emptiness can be cathartic. It can be debilitating. Kind of like the glass half full or half empty issue....

Empty/Strange Little Birds (2016) I don't think we have ever had much Garbage on this site. That might seem a dangerous place to start, ...

World turns black and white Pictures in an empty room, Your love starts falling down Better change your tune,  Reach for that golden ring Re...

Titus Andronicus : The Void (Filler) [ purchase ]  Titus Andronicus is a frustrating band. (Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus , a play that I...

Writing this on a windy, wet and bleak day in Shropshire, exhausted from a ramble around the Wrekin. Exactly the mood to bring on an attack ...

Whiskeytown : Empty Baseball Park [ purchase ]  When I suggested the Empty theme, it was prompted by watching sports in empty stadiums, an...

  purchase some Steve Martin [ The Crow ] purchase some Tommy Emmanuel[ Guitar Mastery of ~ ] Like at least one other of my associates here...

  Sting was famously a teacher, something the lyrics, and video, of the Police hit Don't Stand So Close make no small reference to, alt...

Ramones, Rock n Roll High School A lot of songs about high school are delinquent, party songs, or about hating teachers, rebellion and learn...

Our Native Daughters : Better Git Yer Learnin’ [ purchase ]  I’ve written fairly frequently and glowingly about Rhiannon Giddens, who i...

Looking for some of the wit and wisdom of "Here Comes the Knight" Sir George Van the Man Morrison? Sorry to disappoint, he is stri...

Paul Carrack : Lesson In Love   [ purchase ]  Of course, the musically knowledgeable readers of Star Maker Machine know who Paul Carrack i...

I was well into my twenties when I learned that my grandmother and I share the same favorite musician. It makes me wonder how many forgotten...

I am so uncertain as to whether there are any songs about e-mails that I am not going to look. Any complaints about that, send me a S.A.E. f...

purchase [ Pretzel Logic ] It's no surprise that the first page or more of a Google search about "mail to yourself" is...