Rock guitar hero Jeff Beck has passed away yesterday. The driving force behind The Yardbirds will forever be known as one of rock and roll’s greatest innovators. NPR’s Andrew Limbong writes of Beck’s life: Call him a “guitar god” or a “guitarist’s guitarist,” but Jeff Beck was in a class by himself. Beck, one the […]
RIP Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac
Singer-songwriter Christine McVie of the famous rock band, Fleetwood Mac, has passed away peacefully at age 79 with family surrounding her in the hospital. British-born McVie was the author of some of Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits, including Little Lies, Everywhere, Don’t Stop, Say You Love Me, and Songbird. The BBC’s Robert Greenall and George Bowden […]
RIP Jerry Lee Lewis
The last surviving member of the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame inaugural class of 1986, Jerry Lee Lewis, has passed away. Billboard Magazine remembers Lewis’s life: Jerry Lee Lewis, piano-bashing rock ‘n’ roll founding father, swaggering country shouter and the last surviving member of the inaugural (1986) class of the Rock and Roll Hall […]
RIP Ramsey Lewis
Celebrated jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has passed away. NPR‘s Gene Seymour discusses Lewis’s life and contribution to jazz, writing: Ramsey Lewis, a pianist who sustained connections between jazz and popular music at a time when those bonds often seemed fragile and imperiled, died on Monday in Chicago, his hometown. He was 87. His death was […]
How the Rolling Stones Conquered Rock n’ Roll
The Rolling Stones have been a dominant force in rock n’ roll for nearly 60 years at this point, and in The Wall Street Journal, Rich Cohen explains that their approach to the business has made the band one of “the most dynamic, profitable and durable corporations in the world.” He writes: The Rolling Stones’ […]
Newport Folk Festival 2022: Surprise Appearances by Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell
For over six decades, the Newport Folk Festival has been a key point of Newport’s summer festivities. There have been legendary performances given on its stage and memories made that last a lifetime. This year, Paul Simon made his Newport Folk Festival debut, joining Nathaniel Rateliff’s American Tune Review to perform four songs, “Graceland,” “American […]
The Rolling Stones in France
For a time in 1971, the Rolling Stones found themselves in France, writing their twelfth album, Exile on Mainstreet. Here, in The Wall Street Journal, Marc Myers tells the story of that period in the history of one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time. The Rolling Stones in the spring of […]
Make it Great Weekend – Dick & Deb
SWEET CAROLINE! Neil Diamond Becomes Latest Star to Sell Music Catalog
Neil Diamond has become the latest in a growing wave of veteran musicians selling their song catalogs for cash. Bob Dylan recently sold his catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group, and now Diamond has done the same. Ben Sisario writes for the New York Times Service: Bob Dylan. Bruce Springsteen. Paul Simon. Neil Young. Stevie […]
RIP Woodstock Co-Creator Michael Lang
Woodstock music festival co-founder, Michael Lang, has passed away at 77 years old. The concert promoter died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Rolling Stone writes of Lang’s life: Alongside businessmen John Roberts and Joel Rosenman and music industry promoter Artie Kornfeld, Lang, who had previously promoted the 1968 Miami Pop festival, co-created the Woodstock Music and Art […]
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