DMC Proves He’s Still a Microphone Fiend
Concert Review By Emanuel Wallace Photo Credit: Emanuel Wallace “Born to rock around the clock. You can’t say I’m not. And in case you forgot..I’m the Kiiiiiing of Rock.” As if anyone could forget. Those opening lines from Run-DMC’s “Hit It Run” describe the career of Darryl “DMC” McDaniels in a nutshell. The word “seminal” […]
Motor Trend: Celebrity Drive: Run DMC’s Darryl McDaniels
No Benzo For This Rapper; He Prefers His F-150 By K.S. Wang Quick Stats: Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Run DMC Daily Driver: 2009 Ford F-150 (Darryl’s rating: 10+ on a scale of 1 to 10) Favorite road trip: New Haven to Hartford on I-95 Car he learned to drive in: 1978 Chevrolet First car bought: 1986 […]
Vibe: #BestOfBonnaroo: DMC And Chance The Rapper Triggered Nostalgic Feels At Super Jam
By: Stacy-Ann Ellis Photo Credit: Stacy-Ann Ellis How often can you say you’ve done karaoke with music’s biggest, most legendary players? Attendees at Super Jam Dance Party can officially check that note off their bucket lists. Everyone from Chance The Rapper to Rhiannon Giddens to SZA to Jack Antonoff to DMC to Metallica’s bassist Rob Trujillo was in the building to […]
Entertainment Weekly: 13 best things we saw at Bonnaroo
The Superjams at Bonnaroo are always full of surprises, and Saturday night’s ’80s-themed throwback dance party curated by Pretty Lights, Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC., and Rob Trujillo of Metallica, was no exception. Zach Galifinakis and Jon Hamm kicked off the festivities, leading the crowd in a singalong of “We Are The World.” After, the entire […]
Cray plans 3rd live album
As reported in his interview in the current issue of The Blues, Robert Cray is planning to release his third live album, he’s revealed. It follows last year’s studio outing, In My Soul, while his previous two non-studio titles were 2006’s Live From Across The Pond and 2010’s Authorized Bootleg, recorded in 1987. Cray tells […]
RollingStone.com Bonnaroo Details ‘Throwback Superjam Dance Party’
Pretty Lights, Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl McDaniels and Metallica’s Rob Trujillo anchor eclectic lineup By Jon Blistein Pretty Lights, Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl McDaniels and Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo will lead another characteristically eclectic Bonnaroo Superjam, which will be held Saturday night of the festival, June 13th, at 1:30 a.m. Officially dubbed the “Throwback Superjam Dance Party,” the rest of […]
Power Lawyers 2015: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys Revealed
Pictured above: “I’m sure [Thicke and Williams] probably wondered who this guy from Nashville, Tenn., is, but they know now,” Richard S. Busch (left) said after winning the “Blurred Lines” trial for Gaye’s family. He and Marvin’s ex-wife, Janis Gaye, and attorney Mark Levinsohn, who brought Busch onto the case, were photographed April 20 at […]
One for the Road
This was my journey for four years. About 12 of us traveled from Queens to Rice, a Catholic school in Harlem. We’d get off the train at 125th and Lexington. Up here was way different from Queens. In Queens, we had houses. Up here, you ain’t got no houses and no backyards. Queens was a […]
ROCK AND ANARCHY REBECCA PIDGEON STYLE ON MAY 9th
Rebecca Pidgeon Doubles Down With Back-To-Back Play And Concert Performances in Two Different L.A. Venues On May 9th Multi-talented Singer/Actress Performs In David Mamet’s “The Anarchist” With Felicity Huffman At L.A.’s Theater Asylum At 8:00 PM And Rocks With Her Band Bad Poetry at 10:00 PM At Famed Hotel Café Los Angeles, CA […]
Ay Papi, rapper DMC bringin’ it in Bahrain
Hip-Hop pioneer “DMC”, founding member of Hall of Fame rap icons Run DMC, will perform in Bahrain next month. The music icon, whose full name is Darryl McDaniels, will headline a show being staged by event organiser Jam Up on May 8 at Wranglers in the Juffair Grand Hotel. He will attend a series of […]
Music and Musicians review: Rebecca Pidgeon “Bad Poetry”
ACCLAIMED SINGER/SONGWRITER LAURA REED PERFORMING AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST MUSIC FESTIVAL MARCH 20th
VERSATILE ARTIST TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCER SHANNON SANDERS AT AUSTIN, TX CLUB HOLY MOUNTAIN BACKYARD NEW VIDEO “Naturally” From Her Much Heralded Album The Awakening DEBUTS THIS WEEK! (New York, New York, March 17, 2014) Acclaimed singer/songwriter Laura Reed will be making her first appearance ever at the venerable South By Southwest […]
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels (Run-D.M.C.): “Rock Talk” Podcast Audio Interview
BY JASON DEBORD This article features the latest in an ongoing series of “Rock Talk” podcast audio interviews for the Rock Subculture Journal. Today’s guest is Darryl McDaniels, best known as DMC with Run-D.M.C. (he prefers to be called “D”). D was a featured guest at Sac-Con in Sacramento this past weekend, promoting his authentic […]
Cray’s blues leave Pueblo crowd happy
By Jon Pompia His mastery of the Fender guitar has earned him numerous Grammy Awards, big record sales and accolades from greats such as Eric Clapton and Keith Richards. Wednesday at Memorial Hall, Georgia-born Robert Cray and his three-piece band (keyboards, bass, drums) dished out a hearty dose of blues-based rock that served well the […]