The Rock Curator

Part one of 'The er Project' about performers, song titles and album titles featuring names and words ending in the letters 'er'

Part two of my review of rock music released in the first half of 2021 and a preview of upcoming releases.

When I decided that this was going to be the year that I did something about my love of rock music and create a podcast, website, Instagram and Spotify account I didn’t expect that the first half of the year would be filled with so much great new music. As we race past the halfway mark of the year, I thought it would be a great time to review the music released in the first half of the year. 

This episode is about songs with the word ‘night’ in the title and is not a rankings list but a collection of interesting tidbits about songs in this category.  I have been strict on the wording so they are all ‘night’ not ‘tonight’, ‘midnight’ or even ‘nightrain’ (sorry Guns N’ Roses fans). 

This episode features twelve songs that feature the word ‘road’ in the title that have a personal meaning for me. We’re all about rock music so rock plus road means this one’s called Rocky Road.

Is there a more rock ‘n’ roll name than Mick? I put it to you that there is not. If you believe there is, please head to the website therockcurator.com to enter your suggestion and I will cover the most popular choice in another episode of this podcast. For this episode though it is all about famous Micks of rock and that’s why it’s titled ‘Mick Lovin’' 

Much to the dismay of promoters, managers and bands, and to the great disappointment of fans, concerts, and sometimes entire tours, do not go ahead as planned and advertised.  Sometimes this can be due to a serious matter but at times throughout rock’s history this has occurred due to a unique and occasionally humorous reason.  In this edition we’re going to look at some of those reasons in the...

If you could only listen to one musical artist for the rest of your life who would you choose?

In this podcast we will look at the greatest-selling greatest hits albums. We’ll also look at the best new bonus tracks that were added to these compilations and went on to become hits in their own right. After that we’ll look back at the Soundwave Festival of 2011. 

In this episode we’ll check out some of the new singles and albums already released this year and about to be released from artists, old, new and somewhere in between.

The stories behind famous errors that made the final recording of some classic rock tracks and an investigation of the recent gain in popularity of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now.

A tale of seeing The Eagles live in concert three times and a memorable transportation incident that went with each concert.

Welcome to The Rock Curator podcast. In this introductory episode you will learn what this podcast is all about and what to expect in the episodes to come. Please join me to celebrate rock music's past, discuss the present and explore the future.