Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll Tina Turner died on May 24th at the age of 83. Fellow musicians and fans alike took to social media for an outpouring of tribute posts, mourning the once-in-a-lifetime performer. […]
Nordoff and Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity, is delighted to announce the first round of artists to win this year’s prestigious O2 Silver Clef Awards. The stars will all receive their accolades in […]
Photo Credit: Rockaway Records Over 10,000 pieces of rare Rolling Stones memorabilia and vinyl items, including a 1977 promotional display designed by Andy Warhol, have been acquired by Rockaway Records. During the 60th anniversary of […]
LIVERPOOL, England — Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her power ballad “Tattoo,” at a colorful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in […]
The Richard Hoffman Live Music Channel has uploaded video of Glenn Hughes‘s May 6 performance at Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden. Check it out below. Hughes, the former bassist, and singer of DEEP PURPLE, known to […]
Dolly Parton has announced a genre switch to rock music, and has tapped what will surely be the starriest supporting cast for any album this year. Her new album Rockstar – a 30-track epic with […]
An album of jazz recordings from the Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts is coming on June 30, via BMG. Anthology spans 20 years of recordings in various configurations, including collaborations with double-bassist Dave Green and saxophonists […]
METALLICA kicked off its “M72” world tour last Thursday (April 27) at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Fan-filmed drum-cam video of Lars Ulrich performing the songs “Sad But True” and “Nothing Else Matters” […]
Paul McCartney performing in the Netherlands in 2009. Photo Credit: Eddie Janssens With the well-documented explosion of artificial intelligence music continuing to evolve, a number of AI tracks made to sound like releases from The […]
Singer Ed Sheeran leaves federal court after testifying against allegations that his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” ripped off Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On,” Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in New York. Bebeto […]
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock’n’Roll – is now streaming on BBC iPlayer. The 90 minute feature length film gives a really wonderful insight into this legend of rock ‘n’ roll. Would you be […]
Photo Credit: Andrea Czapary Martin, CEO of PRS for Music PRS for Music reports a dramatic recovery from the pandemic, with record-breaking revenues as collections approached £1 billion in 2022. PRS for Music, the UK-based […]
Photo Credit: Dan Zelazo / CC by 2.0 New Orleans native Ivan Neville has signed a worldwide exclusive co-publishing deal with AMR Songs. The new deal includes Neville’s new release Touch My Soul, his first […]
As a teenager in Leeds in the 1980s, the centre of my universe was Jumbo Records. I bought all my New Order and Smiths singles there. The tiny unit in the Merrion Centre shopping precinct […]
The late British jazz singer George Melly used to ask his audiences: “Who is the greatest blues vocalist Britain has ever produced?” He’d tease them, asking, “Mick Jagger? No! Steve Winwood? No! Van Morrison? No!”, […]
When Metallica opened for the Rolling Stones in 2005, they got absolutely no satisfaction. In fact, when the metal gods thought they were living the dream as the supporting act for the Stones at SBC […]
RUSH singer-bassist Geddy Lee will release his autobiography, titled My Effin’ Life, on November 14th of this year via Harper Collins. The title and release date were recently unveiled on his social media accounts, and […]
Bassist John Regan, who played alongside Peter Frampton over a span of 40-plus years and was a member of former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s band Frehley’s Comet in the 1980s, has died at the age […]
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. De La Soul’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall show was conceived to celebrate their beloved albums finally reaching streaming services after years in limbo. But in February, weeks before […]
John Regan, an acclaimed bassist who played with the likes of Peter Frampton, Ace Frehley, Billy Idol, the Rolling Stones and David Bowie, has died at 71. A statement from his wife, Cathy Merring-Regan, was […]