Often completely out of tune and rarely in time, the group of sisters forced to play together by their father gained an army of fans from Frank Zappa to Kurt Cobain. A new documentary celebrates their ...
The recent film that “We Are the Shaggs” most resembles in some ways is Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers,” partly because it’s about oddball siblings bound by unconventional musicality, but mostly ...
Whatever angle of delight or disdain you might arrive at the Shaggs from, there’s no doubt that the lone, crude album they released during the band’s lifespan, 1969’s “Philosophy of the World,” ...
Fans of underground comedy and rock music from the New York City and northern New Jersey area might be familiar with The Uncle Floyd Show. The low-budget variety program was hosted by Floyd Vivino, a ...
NRBQ will bring their genre-blending musical magic to The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, on Sunday, August 17 at 7:00 p.m. The internationally acclaimed group—known for its fusion of rock, ...
Tiddlywinks’ by the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet, (NRBQ as they are known) was released in 1980, but it still sounds fascinatingly fresh 45 years later. The band is influenced both by fifties rock as ...
1980 marked some major turning points for live rock music, as the biggest bands of the '70s entered the new decade with new lineups, new musical directions and in the case of both Queen and ZZ Top, ...
It’s been 40 years since the band NRBQ played at Sunderland’s The Rusty Nail on New Year’s Eve, but a devoted fan and friend of the band kept the night alive with his concert footage. Later this month ...
A press photo of NRBQ from 1986, featuring, from left, Al Anderson, Terry Adams, Joey Spampinato and Tom Ardolino, the lineup that appears in the concert movie, “Rusty Nail – New Year’s Eve ’84 with ...