Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO, was every teen musician’s dream, offering up a blend of rock ’n’ roll, classical music, and pop in a string of hits throughout the '70s. Their music was accented as ...

Electric Light Orchestra began with the premise of following through on what the Beatles had accomplished bringing classical arrangements to a rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic while seeing how much further ...

Electric Light Orchestra managed to walk the fine line of satisfying rock audiences while incorporating plentiful classical music elements into the proceedings. Not only did they achieve that ...

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Electric Light Orchestra fans know him as “the guy on the blue violin.” And Mik Kaminski’s been rocking that blue electric violin onstage for five decades now ― both as a member of ELO and later ...

In 2018, when ELO last buzzed the Lone Star State, Birmingham’s classic(al) pop brigade hadn’t touched down for a U.S. tour since 1981. Dallas proved the closest the pre-pandemic 10-date trek came to ...

It was time to say goodbye to an all-time great. Yet, it wasn’t going to be easy, not after all this man’s music has meant to us over the years. Thus, understandably, there was a tinge of sadness in ...