Electronic Music Community Mourns Death of Faithless’ Maxi Jazz – EDM.com

Electronic Music Community Mourns Death of Faithless' Maxi Jazz - EDM.com

The electronic music community is mourning the death of Maxi Jazz of Faithless, who passed away at the age of 65 on the night of December 23rd. In a statement shared by the verified Faithless Facebook account, the […]

Maxi Jazz obituary | Dance music

Faithless in 1998: Maxi Jazz, centre, Sister Bliss, right, and Dave Randall, guitarist with the group between 1996 and 1999.

Maxi Jazz, who has died aged 65, was a founder member of the British band Faithless. During the late 1990s and early 2000s they became one of the biggest names in electronic dance music, creating […]

Who really wrote the Christmas staple ‘Jingle Bell Rock?’

An early rock 'n' roll singer in a suit festooned with musical notes

Bobby Helms couldn’t have asked for a better first year in the music business. Blessed with a soft nasal twang that bore a resemblance to Webb Pierce, one of the reigning kings of country music […]

The 10 best contemporary albums of 2022 | Experimental music

Immersive sonic world … Nyokabi Kariūki.

10. Various artists – Luke Schneider presents Imaginational Anthem Vol XI: Chrome Universal This survey of the modern pedal steel guitar took the instrument beyond Nashville and Hawaii and into other worlds: ambient Americana, microtonal […]

Rosalía review – pop’s fearless queen conjures a kaleidoscopic paradise | Music

‘Rosalía is in her own lane’ … Rosalía performs at The O2, London.

There’s a meme format going around where an image of an odd-looking fellow – the original being Wayne Rooney in a vacuum-tight suit – is paired with the caption: “No one has ever looked like […]

What does the earth sound like? An L.A. art exhibit offers an answer

Three screens: the left two have a woman with arms out and the far right screen shows lava of a volcano

Growing up in Crenshaw in the 1990s, Justen LeRoy was surrounded by the sounds of Destiny’s Child at the beginning of each “Proud Family” episode on Disney Channel, and of R&B artists who performed back-to-back […]

Shirley Watts, widow of Stones drummer and horse breeder, dies

Shirley Watts, widow of Stones drummer and horse breeder, dies

Shirley Ann Watts, a former art student and prominent breeder of Arabian horses who met drummer Charlie Watts well before he joined the Rolling Stones and with him formed one of rock’s most enduring marriages, […]

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The Smile, Little Simz, PinkPantheress

The Smile

3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: The Smile, Little Simz, PinkPantheress The Smile image via Bryan Lasky December 19, 2022 There’s so much good music out in the ether that […]

Remembering musical astronaut Manuel Göttsching : NPR

Remembering musical astronaut Manuel Göttsching : NPR

Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known for his work on modular synths, died Dec. 4. Ullstein Bild/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ullstein Bild/Getty Images Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known […]

Naxos Founder Klaus Heymann on Classical Music’s Evolution

Photo Credit: Klaus Heymann © HNH International Ltd

Photo Credit: Klaus Heymann © HNH International Ltd Klaus Heymann, founder of the Naxos classical label, discusses digital distribution, supporting new artists, and classical education in a drastically changing music climate. When Klaus Heymann entered […]

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN And TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST And IRON MAIDEN Classics

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST And IRON MAIDEN Classics

The ViewFromTheCheapSeats YouTube channel has uploaded video of IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim “Ripper” Owens performing a couple of PRIEST and MAIDEN classics on Saturday, December 3 at the 13th-anniversary celebration […]

2ManyDJs on 20 accidental years of mashups and mayhem: ‘It’s more fun when it’s a little bit naughty’ | Pop and rock

2ManyDJs performing at Electroclash in New York in 2002.

In 2002, Belgian duo Stephen and David Dewaele released a mix album called As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 under the name 2ManyDJs. It sold half a million copies, and its playful, hectic variety […]

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 […]

Shocking Bottom 4 Boots Season’s Best

Shocking Bottom 4 Boots Season's Best

Blake Shelton, John Legend and Carly Pearce were a little sleepy in their solo performances, but the results themselves were absolutely explosive! Once again, we are left stunned, flabbergasted and a little disgusted by “The […]