Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has been named this year’s recipient of The National Guitar Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award. “Alex’s playing has inspired countless guitarists to push the boundaries of what the guitar can do,” HP Newquist, the executive director of The National Guitar Museum, shares. “It’s hard toRead More →
Harold Feng/Getty Images Looks like Bruce Springsteen fans have a lot to look forward to in 2025, including some previously unreleased material. A year-end press release shared by The Boss’ reps hints at some possible archival releases in the year to come, noting that “2025 will include a look back at Springsteen’s storiedRead More →
NBCUniversal Interviews with artists including Paul Simon, Mick Jagger and Elvis Costello are featured in an upcoming documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. The film, titled Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, will premiere Jan. 27 on NBC and will be available to stream the next day on Peacock. It’s codirectedRead More →
On This Day, Dec. 19, 2012 … Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason opened his wallet to save the London music store where he bought his first drum kit. The store, Foote’s, was about to go out of business, so Mason provided the funding it needed to continue. “One of my great memories ofRead More →
Sony Pictures Classic We’re getting another look at the upcoming Led Zeppelin documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin. A new trailer for the doc has just been released, featuring archival footage, clips of new interviews with band members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant, and archival audio from their late drummer John Bonham. TheRead More →
Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images While Genesis has plenty of fans out there, it turns out their lead singer, Phil Collins, isn’t necessarily one of them. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is the subject of a new Drumeo documentary, Phil Collins: Drummer First, and in it he reveals howRead More →
Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Grateful Dead has announced details of the next release in their Dave’s Picks bootleg series. Dave’s Picks Vol. 54, coming out May 1, will feature the band’s March 26, 1973, concert at the Baltimore Civic Center, which is one of the longest concerts the bandRead More →
Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Blondie’s Chris Stein has revealed some new information about the next Blondie record. Back in November, Stein announced that the band had a new album in the works, sharing a black-and-white photo of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in the studio, along with the caption, “New Blondie album next year.”Read More →
Baroque Folk Records Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs has teamed with Elvis Costello to release a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Connection” in celebration of Stones guitarist Keith Richards‘ 81st birthday on Wednesday. “I did the Keith part,” Hoffs shares in a press release. “We both wanted to do the Keith part, butRead More →
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Ed Norton stars as folk legend Pete Seeger in the new Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, and he realizes many people may not know how influential Seeger was to music. In an interview with IndieWire, Norton says he hopes the film is “an opportunity toRead More →
