A Look Back at the 1986 NEA Rock Extravaganza
In early 1986, Nashville’s emerging rock scene took center stage at two pivotal events, beginning with the inaugural NEA Rock
Concerts
Naoise Roo
I’ve been thinking about change a lot lately. Not the kind that rattles in your pocket, but CHANGE. The big kind. The kind that’s always waiting around the corner like a discarded banana peel ready to send you for a tumble; the kind that you might dodge for while or force back temporarily but will return — perhaps in a different form.
Sparks is an Overnight Sensation. At Last.
How do you introduce Sparks — the Los Angeles-based pop/rock cult act led by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals) since their 1968 incarnation as Halfnelson — to the unconverted?