Michigan State News

Alice Coltrane: Performance by Coltrane promises outstanding jazz

Profile by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 27 September 1973

THIS SUNDAY night promises to be an occasion that campus music lovers will never forget, as the brilliant Alice Coltrane opens up the series of ...

Willie Dixon & his Chicago All-Stars: Brewery, East Lansing MI

Live Review by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 16 January 1974

Dixon classics, band thrill blues lovers ...

Electric Light Orchestra: On The Third Day (United Artists)

Review by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 22 January 1974

LP good change for band ...

Patti Smith: With her star now rising on high, Patti Smith opens at Silver Dollar

Profile by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 9 March 1976

PATTI SMITH, poet/vocalist of the Patti Smith Band, will be making her East Lansing debut at the Silver Dollar Saloon Wednesday night. ...

Stephen Bishop, Linda Ronstadt: Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Bishop: Munn Arena, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

Live Review by Dave DiMartino, Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 14 November 1977

Ronstadt: golden dream for Tarnished Age ...

Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roscoe Mitchell: Roscoe Mitchell: Union Tower Room, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI; Art Ensemble of Chicago: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Live Review by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 15 November 1977

Roscoe Mitchell returns ...

Carla Bley: The Carla Bley Band: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI

Live Review by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 16 January 1978

Bley makes American debut ...

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On the Edge Of Town (Columbia JC 35318)

Review by Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 23 June 1978

Springsteen's dark edge ...

Asleep at the Wheel, Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings: Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Asleep At The Wheel: Civic Center, Lansing MI

Live Review by Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 12 July 1978

Ol' Waylon keeps 'outlaw' tradition ...

Keith Moon, The Who: Keith Moon and rock 'n' roll: "Hope I die before I get old"

Obituary by Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 22 September 1978

WHO DRUMMER Keith Moon died Sept. 7 from an overdose of a sedative prescribed to combat alcoholism. He was 31. The Who, presently finishing their ...

The Cars: The Cars (Elektra GE-135)

Review by Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 25 September 1978

Cars in high gear on first LP ...

Bruce Springsteen: Springsteen's Thrill is Gone

Comment by Dave DiMartino, Michigan State News, 20 November 1978

I'M SORRY, folks, — Bruce Springsteen is NOT the Boss, not by a long shot. ...

The Ramones: An Interview With Joey Ramone — A Teenage Lobotomy Speaks His Mind

Interview by Bill Holdship, Michigan State News, 9 May 1980

THE RAMONES have become something of an American rock 'n roll institution. The band formed in 1974, and became part of an underground East Coast ...