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 […]

The Bee Gees’ 40 greatest songs – ranked! | Bee Gees

The Bee Gees in 1971

40. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1993) The Bee Gees’ biggest 90s hit sums up the pros and cons of their output during the decade. On the one hand, it’s an exceptionally high-quality song, the […]

RICHIE FAULKNER Recruits URIAH HEEP And ACCEPT Members For ELEGANT WEAPONS Touring Band

RICHIE FAULKNER Recruits URIAH HEEP And ACCEPT Members For ELEGANT WEAPONS Touring Band

ELEGANT WEAPONS, the new band featuring guitarist Richie Faulkner (JUDAS PRIEST) and singer Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW, MSG),will make its live debut this spring. The group, which is rounded out by Dave Rimmer (URIAH HEEP) on […]

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian star of the 1950s and 60s, dies aged 95 | Movies

Gina Lollobrigida with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in Trapeze (1956).

Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian actor once called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, has died at the age of 95. Corriere della Sera reported the news, saying she had been “hospitalised for some time”. […]

Joni Mitchell Wins Gershwin Prize from Library of Congress

Joni Mitchell wins Gershwin Prize from Library of Congress : NPR

Photo Credit: Library of Congress Life / CC by 1.0 Joni Mitchell is this year’s winner of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. Joni Mitchell has been announced as this year’s winner […]

Pharrell Williams: ‘Life without music would be like a human being without sense’ | Pharrell Williams

Parrell Williams with his collaborator Chad Hugo

A common feature of the early Neptunes sound was the clavichord. Did you or Chad Hugo introduce this, and can you recall the first song you made using it? Rochase Man, you’ve put me on […]

Music World Mourns The Passing Of Legendary Guitarist Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck plays the guitar.

Getty Image Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jeff Beck has passed away at the age of 78 years old. The guitarist’s family posted a message on the sudden news Wednesday evening. Beck died Tuesday […]

Jeff Beck dies: Legendary guitarist, Yardbirds member was 78

Jeff Beck dies: Legendary guitarist, Yardbirds member was 78

Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ’n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, has died. He […]

From Abba to enka: how my 10-year-old fell in love with 1940s Japanese music | Music

Enka’s undisputed queen, the late Hibari Misora, performing at Tokyo Dome in 1988.

Since her father is a longtime music journalist and her mother is a musician, it was inevitable that my 10-year-old daughter would fall in love with music. But I never imagined that the music she […]

6 ’70s Movies You Can’t Watch Anywhere — Best Life

Dawn of the Dead

The 1970s changed movies forever. After the combined punch of industry deregulation that barred studios from owning theaters, the influence of foreign filmmakers including François Truffaut and Ingmar Bergman, and changing audience tastes that resulted […]

Robert Forster: Venus by Television is the most perfect song of all time | Music

Black and white shot of the band on stage with Verlaine singing

How could the perfect song be anything else? I was 19 years old, living in suburban Brisbane, writing my first half-decent songs, when Television released their debut album, Marquee Moon. I had been following the […]

10 Musicians Who “Made It” Later In Life

10 Musicians Who “Made It” Later In Life

Charles Bradley (photo credit: www.thecharlesbradley.com) As a 32-year-old singer-songwriter/artist/producer, this post hits close to home. I’ve been doing music since 2009, and boy, this pursuit of a career in music can feel discouraging sometimes. So […]

Exclusive Interview: Hayley Palmer discusses life as a TV and radio presenter

Exclusive Interview: Hayley Palmer discusses life as a TV and radio presenter

With effervescence and enthusiasm, Hayley Palmer has worked her way up the ranks to become a well-loved name in entertainment journalism. The Portsmouth-born presenter, who is known for her broadcasting brilliance, has interviewed hundreds of […]