Tag "best classic bands"

Steve Cropper, of Booker T. & the MG’s, Releases 1st ‘Proper’ Solo Album in Years

“I haven’t heard myself this way since the ’60s,” says the guitar great, who was also a founding member of the Blues Brothers band.

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Bonnie Raitt Shines at Jazz Fest 2018

Just 2 days before her stunning announcement that she had to bow out of her dates with James Taylor due to surgery, the musician shone onstage

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The Who ‘Sell Out’ Super Deluxe Edition: Listen

The expanded edition of their 1967 album features previously unheard Pete Townshend demos, studio sessions, outtakes, unheard jingles and much more

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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: ‘The Ultimate Collection’ Review

Those who love Lennon’s music will savor what constitutes one of the most creatively assembled boxed sets of recent years.

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Mark Lindsay to Forgo Happy Together Tour 2021

The popular singer for Paul Revere and the Raiders cited the numerous ankle injuries that he has sustained throughout his life

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Opened Final Tour With Rarity

The band’s 40th Anniversary Tour in 2017 opened in Oklahoma City with a 21-song set, and a solid opening set from Joe Walsh

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Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Record Lennon-McCartney Album

It’s the first studio album in three decades from the 7x Grammy winners and founding members and lead singers of the original 5th Dimension

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Joey Ramone Biopic Announced, Starring SNL’s Pete Davidson

Announced on the 20th anniversary of the punk icon’s death, the film is based on the memoir of the singer’s younger brother.

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Rocker Michael Stanley Recorded a Final Album: The Inside Story

Prior to his death in 2021, the Cleveland legend cut a batch of new tracks with longtime producer Bill Szymczyk, who says “I’m in classic rock heaven.”

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Alligator Records Celebrates 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music

The Chicago-based independent blues label which has been making music with Hound Dog Taylor, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, and scores of others since 1971

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