Presenters for this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. Taylor Swift and Jennifer Hudson will be inducting Carole King, Paul McCartney will be inducting the Foo Fighters, Dr. Dre will be inducting LL Cool J, Drew Barrymore will be inducting the Go-Go’s, and Angela Bassett will be inducting Tina Turner. In […]
“…they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are,” Paul McCartney remarked in an interview last week about the other English rock band that took on the scene around the same time as The Beatles. During a recent show following McCartney’s comment, Mick Jagger took to the stage to respond, tongue-in-cheek, to […]
This past Wednesday, Paul Simon celebrated his 80th birthday by announcing Miracle and Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon, a new audiobook collaboration with Malcolm Gladwell. The five-hour audiobook will feature conversations from over 30 hours of interviews, new music for the first time since 2018, as well as previously unreleased live studio versions of well-loved […]
The fourth single from Carlos Santana’s upcoming album, Blessings and Miracles, “Joy” is an upbeat and groovy collaboration with country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton. As a creation meant to deliver exactly what it’s titled, the guitar-laden track blends Santana’s iconic talent and Stapleton’s vocals. “I was very intrigued to work with Chris,” Santana expressed in an […]
Alice Cooper does a deep dive in “Who I Am: The Diary of a Vampire” as part of the newest edition of Audible’s Words + Music series. For the project, the hard rock legend tells a number of road stories, his writing process, and experiences shared with other rockers over the years. Cooper also chose […]
At the 2021 BMI London Awards, a number of classic hits were honored with a slew of Million-Air Awards, a title that recognizes songwriters of iconic songs that have been broadcasted more than a million times on TV and radio. Sting’s writing for The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” sat at the top of the […]
Although he was the first to publicly acknowledge the Beatles’ breakup (while simultaneously promoting his own solo material), Paul McCartney newly reveals that his bandmate, John Lennon, was actually the one who initiated the band’s separation. “I am not the person who instigated the split,” McCartney reassures. “John walked into a room one day and […]
Following a multi-award-winning Raising Sand released back in 2007, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss blend their classic rock and country sounds for another collaboration, “High and Lonesome,” appearing as the only original track on their upcoming album Raise the Roof. Despite the 14-year gap between album releases, Plant and Krauss are confident about the strength […]
As the continuation of the End of the Road farewell tour has projected to hit its delayed end of the road sometime in the latter part of this year, KISS’ Paul Stanley comes to terms with the legitimate finale of the rock band’s legacy. “It’s incredibly demanding to do what we do,” he explains of […]
Music legend Ringo Starr leads over 100 drummers in a percussive version of The Beatles’ “Come Together” as part of a campaign to help end world hunger. Other famous drummers like Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, and Free’s Simon Kirke. Amongst them all, at only 11-years-old, […]