Peter DeCurtins

40 years ago today, my mother gave me a birthday gift that ended up exerting an oversized influence on the direction my life would take. I had started loving 50's and early 60's rock and roll from an early age…

On his new album of soul tribute covers, Bruce covers the Commodore's classic 1985 hit 'Nightshift', itself a tribute to the late, great Marvin Gaye. Give it spin. What do you think of this? I'm sure you won't be surprised…

"And as early as 1955, a few prophets writing in some of the trade magazines were predicting an imminent demise for rhythm and blues. But under seventeen - and there abouts, the teenage id...that sublimated joint was really jumping. The…

'Living a life of constant change 
Every day means the turn of a page...' - The Rolling Stones, Yesterday's Papers

Roy is tied - with Sam Cooke - for my all-time favorite male vocalist, but he makes my list of songwriters because he wrote some pretty classic material. Songs like "Pretty Woman", "Only The Lonely", and "Crying" all have their…

Pat DiNizio is probably the least known name to make my list. And that's too bad. Because Pat knew how to write a song. He wrote about love, life, and heartbreak. For 30 years or more, he made a living…

I've decided to try something new. I'm going to go through an ordered list of my top ten personal favorite songwriters of all time! The list will be presented in reverse order, beginning with my tenth favorite and concluding with…

The dream is always over the horizon, but you are already here.

After Life - Available for pre-order on 9/16/17 and everywhere 10/24/17

I tend to believe that there is something hauntingly meaningful about the life you live after you've made the choice to pick up the pieces and go on.

The life after is the life that you choose as…

One of the songs on the upcoming new album is Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday, a number written in 1966 by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells. It was recorded and released that year by Motown blue-eyed soul singer Chris…

What kind of music do you like? Not only is there more new music being created than ever before, there are more types and genres of music being created all the time. 

I've always liked roots-based rock and…