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CJ Gronner

A Conversation With Lenny Kravitz At The Grammy Museum

A Conversation With Lenny Kravitz At The Grammy Museum

I've been a fan of Lenny Kravitz since we used our fake i.d.'s to get in to see him at First Avenue in Minneapolis back in the day. It was freezing cold out, but about a zillion degrees inside that fabled club as everyone was

Dreamcatcher Events - Musical Fantasy Camps!

Dreamcatcher Events - Musical Fantasy Camps!

Though Dreamcatcher Events have been putting on their awesome musical getaways for five years now, I only recently learned about them. Which means I've missed out on a lot of supercool opportunities already, but now that I know ... you have to know too. I spoke to founder, Danny

A Joyously Militant Celebration of Joe Hill With Tom Morello and Friends

A Joyously Militant Celebration of Joe Hill With Tom Morello and Friends

Today is the 100th anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, labor radical and forefather of all American protest music. Hill was honored and celebrated on Tuesday night with a truly incredible, beyond sold out show put on by Tom Morello and his friends to carry on the rabble rousing

Ben and Ellen Harper - Childhood Home

Ben Harper recorded a new album--with his Mom, Ellen Harper. Fittingly, it's titled Childhood Home, and every note and lyric conjures up those feelings of family and home that aren't contained in a house, but in a heart. These hearts are full of shared lifetimes that

Leon Hendrix - A Brother's Story

Leon Hendrix - A Brother's Story

It was one of those nights when there's just too much going on, and you have to make some choices. I was cool to juggle some stuff, but what I knew I did not want to miss was Leon Hendrix reading from his new book, Jimi Hendrix -

Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman's Union Town EP - By Workers FOR Workers

Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman's Union Town EP - By Workers FOR Workers

Few people inspire me in such a profound way as my good friend, The Nightwatchman - the alter ego of guitar hero, Tom Morello. That's not because he's a big rock star or even that he does rip that guitar apart every time he picks one

The KKing and I ... Finally Meeting My Childhood Hero, Kris Kristofferson.

The KKing and I ... Finally Meeting My Childhood Hero, Kris Kristofferson.

In honor of Kris Kristofferson's 74th birthday today, I share with you the story of getting to meet the man that set me on a long long path of looking for unusually wonderful men ... And he's a tough act to follow. A lifelong dream came true