Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78 : NPR

Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78 : NPR

Guitarist Jeff Beck performs during the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival. The influential guitarist died on January 10, 2023 after contracting bacterial meningitis. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty […]

K.K. DOWNING’s KK’S PRIEST To Perform At Sweden’s TIME TO ROCK Festival

K.K. DOWNING's KK'S PRIEST To Perform At Sweden's TIME TO ROCK Festival

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing‘s new band KK’S PRIEST will perform at this summer’s Time To Rock festival, set to take place July 8-10 in Knislinge, Sweden The announcement comes one month after KK’S […]

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 […]

Metallica’s “Lux Æterna” Hits No. 1 at Mainstream Rock Radio

Metallica's "Lux Æterna" Hits No. 1 at Mainstream Rock Radio

Metallica’s first new song in six years is off to a fast start. “Lux Æterna” has hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in its second week of release, while also topping 10 million […]

Dolly Parton eyes Sir Elton John duet for rock album – Music News

Dolly Parton eyes Sir Elton John duet for rock album - Music News

Dolly Parton has messaged Sir Elton John asking him to duet with her on ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me’. After being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the ‘Jolene’ […]

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 […]

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN Perform IRON MAIDEN Classics At Rock N Roll Ribs 13th-Anniversary Celebration

Watch NICKO MCBRAIN Perform IRON MAIDEN Classics At Rock N Roll Ribs 13th-Anniversary Celebration

On Saturday, December 3, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain performed a set of MAIDEN classics with TITANIUM TART at the 13th-anniversary celebration for Rock N Roll Ribs, the barbecue restaurant owned by McBrain and close […]

Dolly Parton planning to cover Prince and Rolling Stones on rock album – Music News

Dolly Parton planning to cover Prince and Rolling Stones on rock album - Music News

Dolly Parton is planning to cover some of the most iconic rock songs ever recorded on her upcoming album. After the country superstar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November, […]

Progressive Rock Supergroup TRANSATLANTIC To Release ‘The Final Flight: Live At L’Olympia’

Progressive Rock Supergroup TRANSATLANTIC To Release 'The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia'

TRANSATLANTIC, the progressive supergroup of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas, will release a new concert set titled “The Final Flight: Live At L’Olympia”, on February 17, 2023. It was recorded and […]