SOURCE: RTT NEWS Neil Young has said that music concerts held amid the pandemic are "super-spreader events" and blamed their promoters. "The big promoters, if they had the awareness, could stop these shows," Young wrote in a new post, titled "Concerts and Covid," on his website Neil Young Archives. "Live Nation, AEG and the other big promoters could shut this down if they could just forget about making money for a while… They control much of the entertainment business,"

SOURCE: RTT MUSIC NEWS Eight-time Grammy winner Joni Mitchell has been chosen as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year. The MusiCares Person of the Year tribute ceremony will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 29, 2022. Mitchell will be honored for her musical contributions as well as for her "trailblazing spirit and the inspiration she's brought to so many artists," said Laura Segura, Executive Director of MusiCares. The ceremony is one of the most p

This will be the last 60's and 70's weekend on Edgewater Gold Radio. Being next weekend we start our classic oldies weekends which will feature 50's 60's and 70's. The are ramping up the variety and digging deep into the roots of rock n roll. Next weekend will be an extended one beginning on Saturday, Sept 4 and running through Monday September 6th. Join us as we bring on the memories every weekend and feature more fifties along with all of your favorites from the 60s and 70s

Rain from Hurricane Henri puts an abrupt end to the NYC concert. Here's the full story from the New York Post. New York City’s “Homecoming” concert at Central Park was canceled after coming to an abrupt halt in the middle of Barry Manilow’s performance Saturday evening — as lightning storms tied to approaching Hurricane Henri descended on the Big Apple. Concertgoers were told at 7:37 p.m. to “proceed to your vehicles and protected areas outside of the event center” as Man

A note from the author. To me this is ridiculous. 56 years pass and now they decide to release this information? .....No, no way!!! These kinds of accusations are really getting to be too much..way too much! SOURCE: RTT MUSIC NEWS A lawsuit has been filed against Bob Dylan accusing the legendary musician of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in 1965. The now-68-year-old woman, identified as J.C. in the lawsuit filed in New York City, alleges that the singer sexually abused

Beginning the first week of September, Edgewater Gold Radio will change up it's weekend programming a bit. In the past, we've been airing 60's and 70's weekends but it's not time to expand. Our new classic oldies weekend will feature a healthy mix of 50's as well as 60's and 70's. We have a expansive 50's library and will now feature more of that great music on the weekends. A mix of 50's 60's and 70's will add variety and depth to our weekend programming. Too many radio stat

SOURCE RTT MUSIC NEWS The Eagles have added a concert in Seattle on November 5 as part of their "Hotel California" tour. The tour will feature Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill playing the Hotel California album in its entirety, with accompanying orchestra and choir. The performance of Hotel California will be followed by an additional set of the band's greatest hits. Guests will need to be fully vaccinated for the Eagles show at th

Since I've been diagnosed with Covid 19, I had some time to stop and pause. Over the past years, I've devoted thousands and thousands of hours programming Edgewater Gold Radio. I had to voice track at least eight hours each day and had to perform certain functions on a daily basis. I realized that I have all systems in place that enable me to take a little break and that's just what I'm doing. I've suspended voice tracking for the next few weeks and have eased up on all the h

SOURCE RTT MUSIC NEWS The New Orleans & Heritage Festival has been canceled for the second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic. "As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency, we must sadly announce that the 2021 edition of the New Orleans & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, scheduled to take place October 8 -17, 2021, will not occur as planned," the organizers announ

SOURCE: RTT MUSIC NEWS The Beach Boys have shared two new unreleased versions of "Surf's Up" and "This Whole World" from their upcoming box set, Feel Flows - The Sunflowers And Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971. The band shared an amazing a cappella version of "Surf's Up," the eponymous closing track of their 1971 album. The song was initially written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. The band also shared a re-imagined version of "This Whole World," from 1970's Sunflower. Fe