Joe Osborn, the legendary bass player for the studio supergroup known as the “Wrecking Crew,” has died at age 81. The director of a 2008 documentary about the group confirmed the news on Saturday (Dec. 15) in a Facebook post about the Los Angeles-based group of session musicians who played on a string of indelible […]
SiriusXM announced today that it will broadcast exclusive concerts, DJ sets, and special performances live on New Year’s Eve. SiriusXM’s New Year’s Eve Live Concert Lineup Includes: Post Malone at Barclays Center – airing on SiriusXM’s Hip Hop Nation Phish at Madison Square Garden – airing live on SiriusXM’s Phish Radio Lynyrd Skynyrd at WinStar […]
Rush’s Geddy Lee will be releasing Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass, which publishes today, December 18th. When asked about how he got into the bass guitar, Lee reveals “I got caught by the bug and I started falling down the rabbit hole,” Lee said in a recent interview. His first step was the […]
Bruce Springsteen is about to turn in the key to his dressing room at New York’s Walter Kerr Theatre, which has been the home of Springsteen on Broadway, his Tony-winning production, since its opening on Oct. 12, 2017. A Springsteen on Broadway Netlfix documentary directed by Thom Zimny, a frequent collaborator of Springsteen’s behind the […]
MasterClass, the online education company that enables anyone to learn from the best in the world, announced today that Carlos Santana, legendary music icon and lead guitarist of his namesake band, will offer his first online class— making it the 50th MasterClass available exclusively through its platform. In his class, Santana will teach students how […]
TuneIn, Inc., the leading global live audio streaming service, today announced the launch of the 12 Days of Christmas TuneIn Takeovers beginning tomorrow, Thursday, December 13, with a very special musical guest host taking over the Holiday Hits station each day for the next 12 days to play their personal holiday favorites, spin their own […]
Def Leppard has been named a 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee! Voting begins now on rockhall.com/fanvote and you can vote once per day until December 9th. To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of […]
On Tuesday, December 4, 2018, Education Through Music-Los Angeles (www.etmla.org) hosted its 13th Annual Benefit Gala at The Novo-Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles to raise funds for music instruction in disadvantaged LA County schools. Supporters from the music, film, business, and education communities gathered to honor Grammy-Winning Music Producer Sebastian Krys (Elvis Costello, Luis […]
The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has boosted those numbers, and to say Queen’s iconic song of the same name is aging gracefully is an understatement. On Monday, December 10th, Universal Music Group announced the song is officially the most-streamed track from the 20th century, achieving more than 1.6 billion global streams. This qualification also […]
GRAMMY® award-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter, and innovator Peter Frampton will receive the prestigious Les Paul Innovation Award at the 34th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards (NAMM TEC Awards), being held Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Anaheim, CA. The award is given to those individuals who personify the innovative thinking of Les Paul, the […]