By Timothy Peters, In recent years artists such as Creed, P.O.D., and Jars of Clay have brought new credibility to Christian rock by applying to studio recording and live performance the sophisticated production values of the best secular artists. As a result, Christian rockers - both performers and their audiences - have learned how to be cutting edge without compromising their Christian beliefs.

By Jeff Tamarkin, While touring the United States for the first time in 1966, the Scottish folk-rock singer Donovan began hearing positive things about the vibrant San Francisco rock scene and, in particular, the band considered the city's most emblematic. Pen in hand, he injected a new song with the lyric "Fly Jefferson Airplane, gets you there on time." For the next several years, millions would take Donovan's advice.

Jefferson Airplane, since their inception a year earlier, had quickly come to personify the cultural and societal revolution whose vortex was San Francisco-"heaven on earth," as co-founder Paul Kantner puts it in this, the first-ever Jefferson Airplane DVD collection.

By Ben OhmartThose who remember G-Fire will recall a bit more than just the coolest smooth jazz on the planet. The self-titled previous album gave an interesting twist to the marketing angle of music. These days, everyone from Mandy Moore to an ever-expanded ocean of indie bands can be on top if they can raise a thousand bucks and find the link to DiscMakers. Like self-publishing, this tends to beat quality control repeatedly on the head until the industry is dumbed down into submission.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is pleased to celebrate 30 years of high octane, hard rocking blues with the release of George Thorogood And The Destroyers- 30th Anniversary Tour; Live In Europe on DVD October 19, 2004. The performance will also be available separately in the CD format on the same date.

By Mark Kirby, As the music industry goes through throes and upheavals, the result of mega-takeovers by corporations with the morals of the declining Roman Empire and the goals of Ghengis Khan, misters and sisters are doin' it for themselves. Musicians, either ignored or gored, have come to realize that they're better off running their own show; that they can get over if they come with a clever and fluid business plan and an unstoppable crew of artists and come strong.