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Last week, on Friday March 29, 2019, the  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame held their formal induction ceremony, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. While the inductions included bands and artists that are now considered staples of classic rock and whom one would generally expect to be in the Rock Hall, including Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard, and we’re definitely not discounting these artists, there was a strong inclusion, this year, of bands that have pioneered the altern …

Acclaimed musician, David Byrne, just launched a new virtual reality science project, titled Neurosociety.  The exhibit is currently housed at the Pace Art + Technology gallery building in Menlo Park, CA. When visiting Neurosociety, the visitor puts on a virtual reality headset and experiences a room from the perspective of a doll. To accomplish this project, David teamed up with tech investor, Mala Gaonkar, and visited a number of large number of research labs to see th …

  Throughout the history of Rock 'N Roll, there have been a number of cities synonymous with launching the music form's defining sub-genres and/or artists. These include Detroit with Motown, Seattle with Grunge, Philadelphia with Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon and more recently Hall and Oates along with Cinderella. And of course, New York City, best known, in the history books of Rock 'N Roll, for being the launching pad of American based Punk Rock and New Wave, during the 1970s …