Original handwritten lyrics by former Beatle Paul McCartney and a guitar owned by legendary rock musician Jimi Hendrix are among the featured items in a major New York auction of rock and pop memorabilia.
Love letters and personal notes by Bob Dylan and a previously unheard interview recording with the late Beatle John Lennon will also […]
The world’s first electric guitar is being displayed at an exhibition in Dublin.
The Frying Pan, designed in 1931, has never before been seen outside the US and must remain in its case at the National Museum at Collins Barracks in the Irish capital.
Cork rocker Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Fender Stratocaster will also be exhibited at RockChic […]
Guitar Center Inc. has signed an asset purchase agreement to buy substantially all of the assets of The Woodwind & The Brasswind through its bankruptcy, the company said Wednesday.
Under the agreement, which is subject to bankruptcy court approval and overbid at a bankruptcy auction expected in January 2007, Guitar Center will buy The Woodwind & […]
Darryl Worley, “Here and Now” (903): Early in his career, Darryl Worley’s biggest hits tended to be departures from the amped-up traditional country music he excelled at. His mournfully tender “I Miss My Friend,” a reflection on a lover’s death, provided his first big break in 2002. The following year, he gained national recognition for […]
Killswitch Engage, “As Daylight Dies” (Roadrunner): Plenty of people feel metal is just a bunch of noise, that it requires no musicianship whatsoever. They need to have a good listen to the latest from Killswitch Engage.
“As Daylight Dies” is metal at its finest — engaging, intelligent, courageous. It definitely tops their 2004 breakthrough, “The End […]
Barbara Walters said Wednesday all is now “well with the world” following a flare-up earlier this week between Rosie O’Donnell and Kelly Ripa on “The View.” Ripa called in to the ABC daytime talk show after co-host O’Donnell accused her of making a homophobic comment to
Clay Aiken, a guest host on “Live With Regis and […]
Authorities closed a big Manhattan nightclub a half-hour before it was to host a party with hundreds of people celebrating hip hop titan Jay-Z’s new album Wednesday night, a club manager and a witness said.
Police and fire department spokespeople had no immediate comment on the shutdown of Avalon in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood, which prompted […]
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour is to release three new tracks in tribute to former band member and friend Syd Barrett, he has announced.
Gilmour confirmed details of his “Arnold Layne” single on his official website, dedicating the release to Barrett, who died this summer of pancreatic cancer.
The material consists of an acoustic take on “Dark Globe” […]
Snoop Dogg, “Tha Blue Carpet Treatment” (Doggystyle/Geffen)
It seems like everybody loves Snoop Dogg.
It’s hard to fathom anyone beefing with hip-hop’s weed-smoking, pimp-mimicking embodiment of West Coast cool. And on his latest effort, “Tha Blue Carpet Treatment,” he demonstrates how he’s been able to remain largely above the playa-hater fray. Grounded in the signature G-funk grooves […]
When it comes to James Bond theme songs, nobody’s done it better than
Carly Simon — except maybe Shirley Bassey. Some of them endure — especially the signature theme by the John Barry Orchestra, introduced at the start of the franchise in 1962’s “Dr. No” — while others have come and gone as quickly as Bond […]
Young music fans who personalize their cellphones with a choice of ringtones can go the extra step and have multi-platinum selling rapper Chingy announcing each of their friends when they call.
Chingy, who’s signed to EMI Group’s Capitol Records, has recorded over a 100 versions of his ‘Dem Jeans’ single using a different popular girls’ name […]
For this ambitious soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil’s Fab Four homage, original Beatles producer George Martin and his son Giles used the master tapes to revisit and concoct “new” songs out of old. Ringo Starr’s drumming seamlessly marries “Within You Without You” and “Tomorrow Never Knows,” while Paul McCartney’s guitar handiwork from “Bluebird” is […]
With more than 40 years of mainstream R&B and pop hit-making to her credit, and nearly a catalog unto itself of cameos on other artists’ gospel projects, LaBelle delivers a long-anticipated gospel album all her own. Strong songs, perfectly realized production and star guest turns (Kanye West, Mary Mary, Yolanda Adams, CeCe Winans, Wynonna […]
Hopes rise for the emotional health of Brand New when frontman Jesse Lacey sings, “At least now I’m trying.” But in short order, Lacey reassures, “I’m still the king of ‘the storm is coming.”‘ Brand New remains emo’s most ambitiously pained ambassador, angst-’n’-rolling its way through romantic travails and suicidal visions. “The Devil and […]
