As Beck took the stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, he had dancers in bear suits and a band that played on water glasses and dinner plates.
He also had a...
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Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5's Adam
Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV's 14th annual
New Year's Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Common,...
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Lollapalooza staged its
return during the weekend in the true underdog spirit of the
counterculture it has always supported.
Transformed into a single-site event at...
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Primus' classic lineup of
bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and
drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander will hit the studio later this
year to record its first...
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THURSDAY, 5:45 p.m.: The empty expanse of cow pasture that was once Manchester is morphing into Tennessee's third largest city. Meanwhile, somewhere near "Centeroo," the...
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In its fifth year of preaching the virtue of live performance and grassroots success, Dean Budnick and the rest of the Jammy Awards committee continue to preserve the most...
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Patti Smith), former Phish bassist
Mike Gordon, Huey Lewis and Mavis Staples have joined the
performance lineup for the fifth annual Jammy Awards, honoring
the best in...
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Alt-rocker Ryan Adams and mellow piano man Bruce Hornsby will immerse themselves in the jam band scene at the fifth annual Jammy awards, which will also feature Medeski...
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After a brief European tour,
singer-songwriter Tom Waits has scheduled a lone U.S. concert
date this year.
The Oct. 18 show at Seattle's Paramount Theater will be one
of...
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Stewart Copeland is big
in Italy. He's also big as a TV and film composer, and he was
in a really big rock band called the Police.
Stewart says he especially likes being...
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Former Pearl Jam/Red Hot Chili
Peppers drummer Jack Irons gets a lift from a host of his
ex-bandmates on his solo debut, "Attention Dimension," due in
August.
Pearl Jam...
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd is spending a
good part of this month filming a blues music documentary that
will raise funds for Southern musicians in need.
Across a 10-day period...
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On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released "Maybe Baby" backed with "Tell Me How" by The Crickets.
In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her...
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Reunited rock trio Primus has
extended its touring plans with a new slate of U.S. dates.
Shows get underway Feb. 24 in Kansas City, Mo., and run
through March 13 in...
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Primus frontman and multiple Jammy nominee Les Claypool has been added to the list of performers slated for the second annual Jammy Awards, taking place June 28 at the...
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