Low Skies “All The Love I Could Find” (2006) Like a landscape of Big Sky Montana painted with electric guitars, Low Skies conjures a...

OUTSIDER LOOKING OUT written by Ric Hickey & Paul Horton Do I belong here? Is this my home? Back where I come from I could not wait to...

The Appleseed Cast “Peregrine” (Graveface Records) Imagine Tortoise performing U2's “Unforgettable Fire” with John Bonham on drums and...

I've been a huge Phish fan since 1991. This review of a Trey Anastaio performance was written during the band's second hiatus, at a time...

Goon Moon “Licker’s Last Leg” (Ipecac) Goon Moon is the Hard Rock, Goth Pop Freaknik brainchild of Masters Of Reality main man Chris Goss...

Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra “M.T.O. Volume 1" (Sunnyside) Hired in 1995 by director Robert Altman as a music...

In the final week of their existence as a live band, KISS has faced one of the biggest dramas of their half-century career. Having...

Here's a little something I wrote after opening for Adrian Belew over 16 years ago. ~rh Well, the Adrian Belew show was in-credible,...

As many of you already know, I am writing a book about the Grateful Dead. As of now, I have already written over 45,000 words and I...

Back in 2017 my old friend Blake Ross and I started talking about doing a podcast together. After some deliberation we settled on the...

Early in 2023, I started writing a book about Ace Frehley. Though it has been shelved for the time being, I promise I will return to it...

Three nights ago I dreamt about being a college student who nearly got busted for possession of weed. In reality my college career lasted...

THE MAN WHO LEFT THE BAND written and recorded on June 27, 2014 Some say he left for home but his family waited and he never showed. He...

SILVER ZEN COYOTE 1st draft Part 1: The old Hempstead house stood empty on a tree covered hillside for decades. It leaned and groaned...

It's finally time to publish THE HEAVY METAL COOKBOOK. [cue thunder.] AC/DC’s “Back In Blackened Chicken” Motley Crue’s “Shout At The...

CROSS OVER THE RIVER written by Ric Hickey November 29, 2018 Let us cross over the river and rest in the shade of those trees The sun...

My grandfather Malcolm was a farmer. He was born and raised in rural Statesville, Tennessee (about 70 miles east of Nashville), where he...

FROG IN A POND Wish I was a frog in a pond, Wish I was a frog in a pond Froggy in a pond inna’ hot summer sun Wish I was a frog in a pond...

How blessed were we fans of real, live music in those days? The following is a partial list of concerts I saw in 1986: January 3,...

Cheap Trick performed at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 24, 1988. I met them backstage before the show. As I recall, several...