Ryuichi Sakamoto: the avant gardist who became a groundbreaking pop star | Music

Ryuichi Sakamoto performing in 1988.

Ryuichi Sakamoto was not a man cut out to be a pop star. As a teenager, he liked the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but his abiding passion was New York’s underground avant garde art […]

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese Composer, Dead at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese Composer, Dead at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the highly influential Japanese pianist, composer, and electronic music producer, has died at 71, Kyodo News reports. Sakamoto had first revealed a throat cancer diagnosis in 2014, which went into remission after successful treatment. […]

Watch: ANTHRAX’s SCOTT IAN Joined By His Wife And Son For Performance Of BLACK SABBATH And LED ZEPPELIN Classics

Watch: METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Joined By His Wife And Daughter For Performance Of BLACK SABBATH's 'Hand Of Doom'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian was joined by his wife Pearl Aday (vocals) and son Revel (drums),along with guitarist Zach Throne and bassist Joey Vera, for a performance of BLACK SABBATH‘s “Symptom Of The Universe” and […]

SCOTT WEILAND’s Debut Solo Album, ’12 Bar Blues’, To Be Reissued With Previously Unreleased Tracks

SCOTT WEILAND's Debut Solo Album, '12 Bar Blues', To Be Reissued With Previously Unreleased Tracks

Scott Weiland‘s solo debut, “12 Bar Blues”, marks its 25th anniversary today, and Rhino is celebrating by remastering and expanding the acclaimed album for two upcoming releases. On Record Store Day, the album will make […]

Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty lead singer, talks about their new music and tour dates

Matchbox Twenty

Matchbox Twenty. Photo Credit: Jimmy Fontaine Rob Thomas, the lead singer of the acclaimed rock band Matchbox Twenty, chatted about their new music and tour dates. The late four-star U.S. Army general and former Secretary […]

Watch Joni Mitchell perform ‘Summertime’ at Gershwin Prize concert : NPR

Watch Joni Mitchell perform 'Summertime' at Gershwin Prize concert : NPR

Joni Mitchell fans, get your tissues ready. On tonight’s PBS special, Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, her contemporaries such as James Taylor and Herbie Hancock and fans such as […]

BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER’s ‘Into The Void’ Autobiography: Book Cover Unveiled

BLACK SABBATH Bassist GEEZER BUTLER's 'Into The Void' Autobiography: Book Cover Unveiled

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler will release his autobiography, “Into The Void: From Birth To Black Sabbath – And Beyond”, on June 6 in North America via HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books. The book will […]

Watch: METALLICA’s ROBERT TRUJILLO Joined By His Wife And Daughter For Performance Of BLACK SABBATH’s ‘Hand Of Doom’

Watch: METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Joined By His Wife And Daughter For Performance Of BLACK SABBATH's 'Hand Of Doom'

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo was joined by his wife Chloe (vocals) and daughter Lullah (drums),along with MINISTRY guitarist Cesar Soto, or a performance of the BLACK SABBATH classic “Hand Of Doom” at this past Tuesday […]

PPL Pays Out £17.4M of International Revenue in Q1 Distribution

PPL Q1 distribution

Photo Credit: Laurence Oxenbury, PPL Director of International PPL pays out £17.4 million of international revenue to more than 26,000 performers and recording rightsholders in its Q1 distribution. In its Q1 distribution of international revenue, […]

Justin Peck and Alicia Graf Mack Keep Juilliard’s Dancers on Their Toes

Justin Peck and Alicia Graf Mack Keep Juilliard's Dancers on Their Toes

Alicia Graf Mack and Justin Peck are luminaries of the U.S. ballet world today. Both have statuesque physiques; in fact, had they danced in the same company, Peck, who is north of six feet tall, […]

‘My kids’ friends wear Smelly Cat T-shirts’: TV insiders on creating unforgettable onscreen songs | Television

Five boys in matching NYC style jackets strike a hip-hop pose

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2019 novel Daisy Jones & the Six was practically made for television: charting the rise and fall of a 70s rock band that bears more than a little similarity to Fleetwood Mac, […]