Alan Sculley

1 week ago | tucsonlocalmedia.com | Alan Sculley

The Mavericks have never been a country band. Sure, The Mavericks received a pair of Country Music Association awards, three Academy of Country Music awards and a Best Country album Grammy back in the ’90s. They’ve seen songs like “What A Crying Shame,” “Oh What a Thrill” and “Here Comes the Rain” run up the country charts. But, stylistically and culturally, The Mavericks aren’t just country.

2 weeks ago | orlandoweekly.com | Alan Sculley

For 50-plus years, Kansas have traveled a winding path that has included periods of major success, lulls in the band's popularity, arrivals and departures of multiple band members that have introduced different talents into the lineup and stretched the band's sound into new territories, a long span of time where Kansas didn't make new music, and since 2014, a return to making new albums and an upswing in the band's touring business.

3 weeks ago | tucsonweekly.com | Alan Sculley

At the end of a recent tour, Testament was on a bill with Mr. Big. After the gig, Mr. Big bassist Billy Sheehan approached the members of Testament. “Billy had never seen us, and he came up and watched,” Testament singer Chuck Billy recalled in a recent phone interview. “After the show, he came back and said, ‘Man I’ve just got to tell you that was one of the most enthusiastic shows I’ve seen in a long time.

3 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Alan Sculley

Old Crow Medicine Show founding member Ketch Secor had no shortage of topics he was ready to discuss when he phoned in for a recent interview. There was, of course, another round of touring, a new band-owned studio space, a current Old Crow album in ‘Jubilee,” and a pair of new band members that have come on board in time for this year’s tour.

1 month ago | tucsonweekly.com | Alan Sculley

Two decades ago, Switchfoot took a gut punch after turning in “The Beautiful Letdown,” the album the band had just finished and was set to release as its major label debut on Columbia Records. Instead, upon hearing the album, the label rejected the album, dropped Switchfoot from the Columbia artist roster, moved the band to the smaller Red Ink subsidiary and essentially left the band to figure out where to go from there.