The term sideman, according to Mark Rivera, “has a little stink to it.” But for the multi-instrumentalist — who’s spent 40 years playing mostly saxophone for Billy Joel and has worked with Foreigner, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall and John Oates and Ringo Starr‘s All-Starr Band, among others — the smell is actually pretty sweet. “It’s the
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Peter Gabriel has added further dates to his upcoming ‘i/o’ tour of North America – see dates below and buy tickets here. READ MORE: Peter Gabriel on working with Arcade Fire and making touring greener The former Genesis singer turned solo artist previously announced that he would be heading to Europe and the UK in spring this
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was found dead on March 25, 2022, in his hotel room at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bogota, Colombia. A year after his tragic passing, the band and their fans remain in a state of flux. Hawkins’ tragic death sent shockwaves throughout the world. Tributes poured in from fellow musicians,
NBA YoungBoy has announced that he’ll be releasing his new album, titled ‘Don’t Try This At Home’, next month. The news was shared on Instagram via a fan page but then reshared by his label’s official account on their stories. The post revealed that the album would be out on April 21, including its artwork
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend released his first solo single in 29 years, titled “Can’t Outrun the Truth.” Inspired by the personal challenges of the COVID lockdown that began three years ago, the song was written and produced by Townshend’s wife, Rachel Fuller, in 2021. A portion of every download sale will be contributed to the Teenage Cancer Trust, a
Back in 1998 it might have been easy to see Elvis Costello’s collaboration with Burt Bacharach as one more step away from the skinny-tie, poison-pen new wave which made his name, part of a decade or more of cross-genre dalliances into classical music, soundtracks, and even ballet scores. But Bacharach was always in Elvis’ DNA.
Øya Festival has announced another wave of acts for its 2023, with Lorde confirmed to appear as the Wednesday co-headliner. Sløtface, Roisin Murphy, Okay Kaya, Yo La Tengo, Viagra Boys, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Moderat and Special Interest have also joined the line-up of the Norwegian festival, which is set to return
Drugs and rock music have a long history, and it goes beyond the “sex, drugs, rock ‘n roll” cliche. One of the most common, and tragically most destructive, narcotics have been heroin. Many artists have written songs about the powerfully addictive drug. Their tales run the gamut of the junkie experience. We’ve collected the Top
The career of every great rock hope comes wildly front-loaded, but rarely as drastically as The Strokes’. The quintet exploded out of Manhattan at the dawn of this millennium with an achingly cool design classic of a debut album that they’ve never come close to matching. Two decades later, they are actually deep into a
A new, state-of-the-art sound room called Jolene Sound Room Brooklyn just opened at the Williamsburg Moxy hotel in New York City. The concept hopes to create more DJ-driven experiences in the centre of Brooklyn. Check out photos and upcoming events in the room below. The collaborative concept from groups Bar Lab Hospitality and Space Invaders
Depeche Mode kicked off their world tour on Thursday night at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, delivering their first U.S. concert in nearly five years. Excitement for the show was palpable inside arena, even before Depeche Mode took the stage. The performance came just a day before the release of the band’s new album, Memento Mori, the
Linkin Park have released ‘Fighting Myself’, a previously unheard outtake that was recorded for the band’s ‘Meteora’ album in 2003. READ MORE: “We wanted to make something different”: the impact of Linkin Park’s ‘Hybrid Theory’, 20 years on Out today (March 24), the track marks the second ‘Meteora’ outtake to be released following ‘Lost’ in February.
Jackson Browne has announced U.S. tour dates for this summer. Browne will launch the run on June 3 in Columbus, Ohio, making stops in cities like Pittsburgh, Nashville, Austin and New Orleans before wrapping the tour on Aug. 2 in Clearwater, Fla. Tickets for the summer tour will be available beginning March 24. You can see a
The Price Brothers Band’s release Live at Yellow Cab Tavern affords singer/songwriter Pete Price the opportunity to showcase material from his recent album Department of the Interior. The baker’s dozen track listing includes one cover, a spirited rendering of the classic “The Letter”, but even this rendition stays close to the driving force behind Price’s songs. The recording is
Tribes have returned with ‘Hard Pill’, their first release in 10 years and the first stop in a wider return from the band. Check it out below, along with our chat with frontman Johnny Lloyd and guitarist Dan White. The London band – completed by bassist Jim Cratchley and drummer Miguel Demelo – announced their
Geoff MacCormack first met David Bowie when they were both 8 and students in primary school. They spent several of their formative years together as music-obsessed teens with a penchant for mod fashion and American rock ‘n’ roll. At the time, MacCormack never considered that his childhood pal would go on to become one of the
A biographical film based on veteran rock icons KISS is reportedly set to arrive on Netflix sometime in 2024. Speaking to The Rock Experience with Mike Brunn, the band’s manager Doc McGhee revealed that after years of trying to get the film off the ground, it has finally been picked up by Netflix and will
Talking Book became a showcase for Stevie Wonder‘s burgeoning genius, which often revealed itself during the day’s darkest moments. The LP-opening “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” couldn’t have emerged from a place less like its title. “Because he does not have sight, he’s not controlled by daylight,” Talking Book bassist Scott Edwards told
“High Like This,” the new wicked good single from Avatari, is essentially built like a conventional pop song, but it’s missing one key component found in almost every one of the genre’s mainstream releases to hit the FM dial in the past three years – aesthetical arrogance. Avatari isn’t showboating with some rough-edged hybridity here,
Hannah Jadagu has released a new single and accompanying music video – listen to ‘Warning Sign’ below. The New York-based artist’s new single lands ahead of her debut album ‘Aperture’, which will arrive on May 19 via Sub Pop. The track follows her appearance at Austin’s SXSW Festival last week, where she debuted songs from
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