Steven Tyler Recording Debut Solo Country Album
[caption id="attachment_2128" align="alignleft" width="239"] Will there be a cowboy hat atop this head soon?[/caption] That’s right. The Aerosmith frontman and (up to now) lifelong rocker has been living, writing songs and recording in Nashville. His first country single, “Love Is
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3 Way Street? Crosby, Stills & Nash Each Touring Solo This Summer
Now that Crosby, Stills & Nash have finished their spring US tour, they’ll each spend much of the summer performing solo dates – all billed as career-spanning concerts –before reuniting for an overseas tour this fall. Stephen Stills was the last of
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U2 Soars to the Rafters in Boston
Jim Sullivan observes how U2 can still summon up greatness & emotional wallop throughout an arena on their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour of America.
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO: A Triumphant Night Out
A new DVD, Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live In Hyde Park, is a great precursor to a worldwide tour thanks to Lynne’s recent announcement that he’s resurrecting the Electric Light Orchestra
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How Have The Mekons Survived?
Against most odds and the worst vagaries of the music business, former punks turned roots music collective The Mekons have become beloved by enough fans. The 2013 documentary, Revenge Of The Mekons, is now out on DVD.
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Does Ricki Rock?
Can Meryl Streep rock the silver screen in Ricki and The Flash? Her all-too-rare in the movies real live band certainly does in this pleasant enough flick.
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Listless Andy Summers Doc
Subtitled “Surviving The Police,” one has to wonder just what guitarist Andy Summers had to overcome when superstardom ended – other than just that.
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Controversial Amy Winehouse Doc Hits U.S. Theaters in July
As she did in life, soulful singer Amy Winehouse continues to stir up controversy after her passing. Her family says the movie Amy by director Asif Kapadia is “misleading and contains some basic untruths” and “specific allegations made against family
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Love & Mercy: Best Rock Star Biopic Ever?
The seemingly risky move of having two actors play Brian Wilson – Paul Dano as the young Beach Boy and John Cusack as the older Wilson – succeeds admirably in this emotionally compelling film that tells the legendary artist’s story with the ring of truth and uncanny accuracy.
Read MoreWilko Johnson Film Explores Life and Death
He is likely best-known in America not for his music with the band Dr. Feelgood – who achieved even-less-than-cult-status in the US though well known in his native England – but for his role as the mute executioner, in Game of Thrones
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