Michael Christopher

1 week ago | readingeagle.com | Michael Christopher

Rock Music Menu summer essentials: Best reading and more for the beach and beyond

1 week ago | delcotimes.com | Michael Christopher

The weather would lead us to believe it had well kicked off already, but this Friday marks the official start of summer. Some people love the heat, while others suffer in a swelter, waiting anxiously for that first fall leaf to drop. Whatever side you’re on, Rock Music Menu is here to make sure it’s bearable at the very least.

2 weeks ago | pottsmerc.com | Michael Christopher

Rock Music Menu: Tributes to Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at their passings Plus, Vinyl of the Week is Rush: 'The Albums: 2002-2012'

2 weeks ago | delcotimes.com | Michael Christopher

Two of the most original and tortured talents passed away this week in Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, who died on Monday and Wednesday, respectively. Both were unrivaled geniuses in their corresponding genres: Stone in funk and psychedelic soul as the figurehead of Sly and the Family Stone, and Wilson in the realm of pop rock with The Beach Boys.

1 month ago | delcotimes.com | Michael Christopher

Rock Music Menu headed a few hours north over Memorial Day weekend to the annual Boston Calling Music Festival, which took place across three days at the Harvard Athletic Complex on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The lineup, featuring headliners and sub-headliners Luke Combs, Dave Matthews Band, T-Pain, Vampire Weekend, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne and Public Enemy, was diverse as it was divisive.