Trini Lopez, ’60s musician & actor, dies of COVID-19 at 83; Dave Grohl pays tribute
Lopez scored a number of hits in the '60s, acted in 'The Dirty Dozen' and designed a guitar that Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl has used on all their albums.
Buddy Holly
The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire
Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.
tours announced: Cigarettes After Sex, Pinegrove, Roy Orbison/Buddy Holly holograms, more
Plus: Hot Chip, Drive-By Truckers, White Denim, Black Label Society/Black Dahlia Murder, Los Lobos, Toro y Moi, yMusic, and more tour news.
Thousands of classic master recordings lost in 2008 Universal fire that went unreported ti…
It was "the biggest disaster in the history of the music business" but went unreported for over 10 years. Losses included masters from everyone from John Coltrane and Chuck Berry to Nirvana and Snoop Dogg.
Mutual Benefit covering Beck’s ‘One Foot in the Grave’ at Glasslands’ last-ever Halloween …
As mentioned, Mutual Benefit will be playing at Glasslands on Halloween (aka this Friday) with Emily Reo, and Conveyor. (The last Halloween show to ever happen at that venue...
Jon Brion scoring ParaNorman, playing TWO shows @ LPR
We mentioned that it's unfortunate that Jon Brion's rare show at Le Poisson Rouge on October 2 coincides with ATP NJ. Those hoping to catch both are now in luck...