‘Warren Zevon: Join Me in L.A.’ Tribute Concert Gathers His Flock for a Night of Subversion and Tenderness on the Block: Concert Review

Join Me in L.A.' tribute concert at L.A.'s United Theater featured Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakam, Fountains of Wayne and many more.

One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, ...

“He said, ‘Nice record. Now, who should we get to sing it?’ How Paul McCartney created the Bond classic Live And Let Die

One of the documents is from Ron Kass to Harry Saltzman at Bond producers, Eon Productions. This stated that “Paul McCartney ...

‘80s hitmaker dead at 66, weeks after playing concert in wheelchair

A musician behind one of the biggest hits of the 1980s is dead at age 66. Dave Ball, one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died Wednesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. The BBC reports Ball ...
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A Broken Piano, An Exhausted Pianist, and the Album That Changed Jazz

For a lot of years, Vera Brandes couldn’t listen. Not once had she heard the bestselling solo jazz album of all time—Keith ...

Wilco, Billy Bragg To Join Forces Again At Solid Sound

That will change next summer, when Wilco and Bragg will finally team up onstage at the band’s long-running Solid Sound ...