The Recording Academy has announced its 2013 Special Merit Award recipients. Sitar legend Ravi Shankar and popular Motown stars the Temptations will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Unfortunately, Shankar … Read more
Sitar legend Ravi Shankar passed away in a San Diego hospital yesterday. Shankar had been suffering from poor health over the past year and he underwent heart valve replacement surgery … Read more
Tonight’s 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit Concert has a star-studded lineup, but none may be more surprising than the big reunion announced today: it is rumored that the surviving members of Nirvana … Read more
The votes are in, and next year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class has been named. This time around, Rush, Heart, Albert King, Randy Newman, Donna Summer, and Public … Read more
The French are coming. Okay, so they’ve already been here for a while. And French indie-rock/synth-poppers Phoenix are no exception. Phoenix has been around for a couple years now, but … Read more
2011 was a terrific year for Arcade Fire. Remember how the indie rockers shocked everyone by winning a Grammy for their third album, The Suburbs? Well, we do. The album … Read more
Fleetwood Mac are heading out on tour in April, and there’s already talk of a new album in the works. However, it appears that they’ll be doing all of this … Read more
Jazz legend Dave Brubeck, who revolutionized jazz piano for generations of musicians, died yesterday at the age of 91. Brubeck learned piano from his classically-trained mother, and he succeeded at … Read more
The end of the year means one thing in the music industry: time to hand out awards and accolades to all of the albums we really liked. In the spirit … Read more
There’s been a lot of buzz about the Stones lately, especially with the release of GRRR! and their “50 and Counting” tour to celebrate the group’s 50th anniversary. The Stones … Read more
