Mark Knopfler, John Mellencamp, The War on Drugs, Nathaniel Rateliff, Steve Martin, Leon Bridges, Graham Nash have also donated instruments to the National Independent Talent Organization's charity auction...
Choosing to leave out the band's more obvious inspirations, Brooks made a diverse list of songs from Heart to Def Leppard to Suzanne Vega to Ben Folds Five to Pat Metheny and more...
We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons...
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.
NYC's annual Blue Note Jazz Festival runs June 1 - 30 at various venues around the city (including many at the Blue Note itself). This year's lineup includes Pat Metheny, Dr. John, The Isley Brothers, Kool & The Gang, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jacob Collier, Hiromi, Eddie Palmieri, Cassandra Wilson, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, McCoy Tyner, Incognito, Jean-Luc Ponty, Henry Butler, Terence Blanchard, The Hot
BAM paid tribute to Bob Hurwitz -- who ran innovative label Nonesuch (“The Label Without Labels”) from 1984 to 2014 -- on Saturday, April 4 at a concert dubbed "A Nonesuch Celebration."
Norah Jones is playing the WaMu Theater At Madison Square Garden on March 27th. Tickets are on sale (@ 10am).
Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck are playing two nights at Madison Square Garden in February...