We can’t think of a better person to ring in the holiday season than Ronnie Spector. Her Christmas songs with the Ronettes are just as definitive as…well, everything else the … Read more
The BBC is planning to air a documentary about Lou Reed, who passed away earlier this year from liver failure. Titled Lou Reed Remembered, the documentary is particularly notable for the … Read more
There certainly hasn’t been a dearth of posthumous Johnny Cash albums, but the new Cash release coming out in March may turn more heads than usual. Out Among The Stars, an … Read more
The Pixies have hired former A Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchatin to play bass for the band for the remainder of 2013 into 2014. Lenchatin replaces former bassist Kim Shattuck, … Read more
Bobby Womack’s style is so singular and so iconic that it’d be hard to imagine him doing a complete 180 on his sound this late into his career. But that’s … Read more
The 2014 Grammy nominees were announced at a ceremony on Friday night, and the nomination field is markedly different from last year’s set of nominees and winners. While last year’s … Read more
The halls at B.B. King’s were decked with holly, Love and a very hot band when Darlene Love worked her Christmas magic on an SRO crowd. Looking fit and decades … Read more
Two things come to mind when you hear the name “Billy Gibbons”: that unmistakable beard and an equally unmistakable guitar sound. Since age 14, Gibbons has been playing scintillating guitar … Read more
Before Nirvana made us smell teen spirit, there was Dinosaur Jr. to pummel listeners with loud, gloriously distorted guitars. The alt-rock power trio have made some of the best records … Read more
So far, Third Man Records’ partnership with Sun Records has already given us re-releases of some of Johnny Cash’s early work. Now, the label is set to re-release some of … Read more
