Songwriting and Production
4. Toronto, Canada I recently hung out with one of Toronto’s heads of Government arts funding. Let’s just say she had an annual arts budget comparable to the salary of an NBA superstar. All of that money went to Ontario-based indie artists to release their own albums. Toronto also has perhaps the highest talent per…
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3. The Beatles U.S. tour, 1965 The Beatles made their second major tour of the States in the summer of 1965, and I was lucky enough to win tickets to one of the shows. It’s the only thing I’ve ever won. I was 14, living in Portland, Oregon, and the concert was at the Memorial…
Rancho de la Luna, part of a sprawling compound of outbuildings at the end of a dirt road, is a place you’ll find only if you’re looking for it. On the property, studio owner (and Desert Sessions vet) Dave Catching has established an enchanted zone of digressive, maximalist entropy: cacti and bleached cinder blocks, Christmas…
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Um fascinating if it’s true or not. A great website for making you think about history and media and journalism. Dylan remains a mystery to me but some may believe this piece has some truth. dg Here’s the last red flag I will offer, although I could continue all day. In 1997, Bill Clinton presented…
Nielsen: “I learned so much from him. He was a genius and such an unbelievably gifted musician. And I feel so lucky to have been on the front row and seen him work. I will do my best to honor him by keeping the level high.” Advertisement Thompson: “The last time I saw him, at Bunker’s…
“The bread was, like, very low, but I didn’t care at that time,” the drummer said. During an appearance on Let There Be Talk, renowned session drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Sting, Jeff Beck, Megadeth, many more) looked back on his time in Zappa’s band and how he ended up in the fold.Vinnie was a…
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Neil Innes, ‘Monty Python’ Songwriter, Rutles Co-Founder, Dead at 75 Musician/comedian also played in Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Group, contributed to Flying Circus, Holy Grail By JON BLISTEIN Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Show more sharing options Neil Innes, the comedy musician who worked with Monty Python and helped form the Beatles parody band the Rutles,…
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The Best Rolling Stones Songs That Don’t Really Sound Like the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones circa 1972. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Playlists were supposed to render the greatest-hits album obsolete, but it seems no one’s told the Rolling Stones. On Friday, the veteran rockers released their 4,832nd compilation, Honk, which comes a mere…
CREDIT: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images The Who frontman Roger Daltrey told Billboard that WHO, the band’s first album in 13 years, almost contained a rap part. According to Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend wrote a rap portion in the new album’s opening track “All This Music Must Fade,” which the frontman refused to perform. Granted, we can’t…
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“They eat their young, don’t they.” A Rash of Booing Incidents at Concerts Reveals That Fan Culture Is Getting More Toxic Drake’s rejection at Camp Flog Gnaw earlier this month shows that fans increasingly believe they have control of the aux cord, even when it harms artists. By Jaelani Turner-Williams Nov 22 2019, 2:50pm One…
Devo: Our 1988 Interview Devo say they’ve learned from their mistakes. Have they? Written By Joe Velazquez October 27 2019, 10:48 AM ET CREDIT: Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images This article originally appeared in the October 1988 issue of SPIN. “In the first film we ever made, called In the Beginning Was the End,” says Devo’s Jerry…
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You never know where he is going to pop up. Iggy fully in charge.
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Sir Ringo enlisted the help of Sir Paul, 77, to play bass on the track, which he admitted had brought him to tears when he first heard it. He said: “Jack asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John’s demos from that time. And I had never heard all this. “The idea that John…
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