Sire Records Co-Founder Seymour Stein Passes Away — Aged 80

Seymour Stein

Photo Credit: Vivien Killilea Seymour Stein, Co-Founder of Sire Records, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Stein had a unique passion for music, developing a vast knowledge of songs after […]

David Crosby, co-founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash, dies at 81 : NPR

David Crosby, co-founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash, dies at 81 : NPR

David Crosby, photographed in New York on August 3, 1984. Ebet Roberts/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Ebet Roberts/Redferns David Crosby, photographed in New York on August 3, 1984. Ebet Roberts/Redferns David Crosby, a prominent figure […]

David Crosby Dead – Co-Founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash

David Crosby dead

Photo Credit: Glenn Francis / CC by 4.0 David Crosby, singer-songwriter-guitarist and co-founder of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, has died at 81. Singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two […]

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of Screaming Trees, dead at 55

The Screaming Trees portrait

Van Conner, co-founder and bassist of the Pacific Northwest band Screaming Trees, died Tuesday. He was 55. His brother, Gary Lee Conner, took to Facebook Wednesday to announce the musician’s death, which he said was […]

Pollen Co-Founder Charged Ibiza Wedding Expenses to Company Prior to Collapse: Report – EDM.com

Pollen Co-Founder Charged Ibiza Wedding Expenses to Company Prior to Collapse: Report - EDM.com

Liam Negus, co-founder of Pollen, charged the beleaguered events company for costs associated with his Ibiza wedding prior to the firm’s collapse, The Daily Mail reports. According to the outlet, who cited an exposé by […]

Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart dies at age 92 : NPR

Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart dies at age 92 : NPR

Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart (center) poses for a photo with friends and students of the Stax Music Academy on April 29, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Stewart died Monday at age 92. Adrian Sainz/AP hide […]

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Memphis’ famed Stax Record, dies at 92

Jim Stewart, co-founder of Memphis' famed Stax Record, dies at 92

Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful “Memphis sound,” has died at […]

Nik Turner, Hawkwind co-founder and saxophonist, dies aged 82 | Pop and rock

Nik Turner laughing on stage with a saxophone at a music festival

Nik Turner, the co-founder of the British space-rock band Hawkwind, has died aged 82. A statement on the saxophonist’s Facebook page said: “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner – the […]

Pink Floyd Co-Founder Syd Barrett Subject Of Doc From Mercury Studios – Deadline

Musician-artist Syd Barrett, co-founder of Pink Floyd

EXCLUSIVE: Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about the co-founder of one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time. Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and […]

Bonnaroo Co-Founder Ashley Capps Joins The What Podcast

Bonnaroo Co-Founder Ashley Capps Joins The What Podcast

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Radio Public | RSS This week’s The What Podcast is a special bonus episode revisiting an interview with the co-founder of Bonnaroo himself, Ashley Capps. Brad and Barry were joined by the AC […]