Joel Katz

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“Make Music Day” is happening today. Anytime music is a part of a celebration, you can count me in. I love it when there are multiple genres and musical talents involved in one huge festival. The plan is to have it be something that happens on the first full day of Summer. Make Music Day is modeled after a French festival, “Fête de la Musique,” a tribute to the Summer Solstice that got its start in 1982.

1 week ago | magic983.com | Joel Katz

1975: American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Bruce Springsteen. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Evening Standard/Getty Images)After a very cool short teaser yesterday, it was released today. I just watched the trailer for the Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me from Nowhere,” starring Jeremy Allen White. It remains to be seen whether Jeremy will pull it off sufficiently, as he does his own singing as well. I’m looking forward to the movie even more than when I heard they were making it.

1 week ago | magic983.com | Joel Katz

INDIO, CA – APRIL 29: Musician Tommy James and the Shondelles performs on the Palomino Stage during day 2 of 2017 Stagecoach California’s Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 29, 2017 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Stagecoach)My recent interview was with rock and roll legend Tommy James. You probably know him by name. However, if you don’t, you’d know him from many of his twenty-three gold records and nine platinum albums.

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Portrait of American singer and songwriter Billy Joel, circa 1978. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)No question about it, Billy Joel is one of the greatest musical artists of all time. Whether you’re a fan or not, you know his music successes are legendary. One of the multiple accolades he received was when he was inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2006. However, before “Piano Man,” he was in The Hassles, his first band to be signed by a record label.

1 week ago | magic983.com | Joel Katz

Portrait of American singer and songwriter Billy Joel(Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)No question about it, Billy Joel is one of the greatest musical artists of all time. Whether you’re a fan or not, you know his music successes are legendary. One of the multiple accolades he received was when he was inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2006. However, before “Piano Man,” he was in The Hassles, his first band to be signed by a record label.