Dan Fogelberg

Rodriguez: Homesick for the holidays

2011-12-19 00:00:00

Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas," one of the biggest-selling songs of all time, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Although the wistful tune soothed homesick soldiers in such God-awful places as Guadalcanal more than half a century ago, and no...

Standing up for soft rock: Tim Heidecker and Davin Wood bring their smooth stylings to Largo [Updated]

2011-04-27 16:36:22

Live review: Loudon Wainwright at Largo at the Coronet

2010-02-10 16:34:10

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg dies

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Dan Fogelberg, whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era in the 1970s, died at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. His death was announced Sunday in a statement by Anna Loynes of the Solters...

Requiem: 2007 passings of note

2007-12-29 00:00:00

Among the major notables who passed from the scene this year, three of the most famous -- two masters of cinema and a genius of football -- died on the same day: July 30. Two others -- a historic Russian leader and a U.S. chronicler of war -- left us...

Singer-songwriter helped define soft rock

2007-12-17 00:00:00

Dan Fogelberg, the singer-songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band," "Part of the Plan" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56. His death was posted on his...

'Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period' by Michelle Mercer

2009-05-24 00:00:00

Will You Take Me as I Am Joni Mitchell's Blue Period Michelle Mercer Free Press: 240 pp., $24.99 When Joni Mitchell thinks about confession, two things come to mind: witch hunts and Catholic priests. To be held up as the exemplar of confessional...

Laid-back in the extreme

2004-06-20 00:00:00

Tourists often flock to towns to pay tribute to late, great residents — an author, perhaps, or a president — but the homage paid to one deceased man by this Rocky Mountain mining town is as bizarre as some of its residents. And that's the...

How bummed is Brent Musburger that Manti Te'o's girlfriend doesn't exist?

2013-01-18 17:53:42

Running off at the typewriter. … Thank goodness for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and his fake girlfriend, both of whom have been the genesis of some of the best comedic lines since the invention of Twitter. Here are the top 10 one-liners that...

Mixtape Friday, September 21

2012-09-24 11:56:00

Here are this weeks Mixtape winners! 1.) Al �1.)�� Billy Joel- My Life�� 2.)�� Jim Croce- LeRoy Brown� 3.)�� Elton John- The Bitch is Back 4.)�� Chicago- Saturday in the Park� 5.)�� Paul Simon- You Can Call Me AL � 2.) Steve Romero1.)...

SportsFest boys tournament will pick up intensity; especially if music is turned down

2012-07-20 16:23:20

2012: The Year the Music Died (So Far)

2012-05-21 10:23:00

It’s not even June. But already this calendar year we’ve lost a gut-wrenching list of people who’ve impacted the music world: impresarios Don Cornelius and Dick Clark, R&B legends Johnny Otis and Etta James, the incomparable Band...

The "Leader of the Band" musician died of prostate cancer in 2007. He was 56.

2012-09-05 09:08:25

Episode: May 13 Theme: Judge's Choice (Chosen by Paula Abdul ), Contestant's Choice, Producer's Choice Performance: "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel , "With You" by Chris Brown , and "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg

2008-05-14 11:45:48

Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, Dec. 16 Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died on Dec. 16 at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.

2007-12-17 06:05:29