Tag "classic rock"

Yoko Ono: A ‘Lost’ Interview, From the Dakota

In honor of this true individualist, we present a “lost” interview from 2003, when Yoko was emerging as a dance music star.

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AC/DC Adds Dates to ‘Power Up’ Tour

It’s their first tour since 2016 and is named for their 2020 studio album

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Legendary Musicians The Immediate Family Release New Album

The studio and touring musicians have performed with a Who’s Who of classic rock.

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Remembering ’60s Guitar Hero Michael Bloomfield

Around the same time that Clapton and Page were getting their names known around London, and before anyone knew about Jimi, America had a homegrown guitar hero of its own

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Bon Jovi’s Game-Changing ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’

Guess who didn’t much care for the song that made the band a major force of rock for decades to come? And who’s just fine with it now…

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Totally Tubular Festival Tour to Feature ’80s Bands

The 2024 expanded summer tour will include Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, Modern English, Men Without Hats, Bow Wow Wow, the Plimsouls, and Tommy Tutone

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Motown Covers Motown: Classic Double-Dips

It was by no means unusual, during the company’s heyday, for a second (or third or fourth) Motown artist to cover the work of another.

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Review—James Taylor’s ‘Sweet Baby James’: Fire and Rain

It ushered in the singer-songwriter era and has endured as a beacon to listeners and like-minded musicians for half a century.

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Remembering Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer on 100s of Hits

The inventive member of the Los Angeles-based studio musicians performed on hits by the Beach Boys, Mamas and Papas, Sonny & Cher, and many more

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Mick Fleetwood Reflects on Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’

Of the 1977 album, he says, “there was no way the band was going to survive this. It [ultimately] served as a bonding experience.”

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