Story by Sarah Wyatt. Photographs by Darrell Scattergood. Two unlikely contenders enter the ring: Gaylord Opryland in Nashville and Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida. Who will prevail in the smackdown of holiday awesomeness this year? Freezing in Florida Representing the Sunshine State is Gaylord Palms in Orlando. The resort honors its ice artisans every November with a standing ovation and …

When you think of the blues; Fresno, California isn’t usually the first place that comes to mind. But after attending just one soul-stirring, high-energy John Clifton show, I can assure you your perspective will change. Clifton grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, which is sometimes known as the food basket of the world. He spent his formative years working …

Director Lara Slife on “Our City Tonight” TV Lara Slife made her directing debut with “Born To Lead: The Sal Aunese Story: ”The First Samoan quarterback, who enters a down and out football team and takes it to the National Championship.” CLICK ON IMAGE TO PLAY VIDEO CLICK HERE for the website.

Left to right: Billy Preston, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Photograph courtesy of Emperor of Oldies. The Rolling Stones’ Tour of the Americas ’75 was originally intended to reach both North and South America. The plans for concerts in Central and South America never solidified however, and the tour covered only the United States and Canada. After the …

His musical journey began through chords from his father’s guitar and soon after from a friend’s cassette of Metallica and Ozzy Osborne. When he began playing professionally it was during the age of grunge rock and metal music and some of his earliest bands had names like Burner, Human Plague, Divine Empire and Raped Ape. So, how does a young person transition from thrash and death metal to become an award-winning, blues multi-instrumentalist, who incidentally is well-versed in gypsy jazz and two-stringed cigar box guitars, get to where he is today? J.P. tells me he just got lucky.