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Paris, Texas at 40: how Ry Cooder’s soul-stirring soundtrack tells a tale of heartache and...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThis year marks four decades since Paris, Texas was awarded the 1984 Palme d’Or at its acclaimed Cannes debut. The film’s mystifying personae and desolate neo-western vistas have lost none of ...
Music entrepreneur who toured with Led Zeppelin is made an OBE
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoAn entrepreneur who began his career as Led Zeppelin’s touring soundman and went on to a lead a...
James Taylor talks koalas, the 'gravitational attraction' of touring and Taylor Swift
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoIt’s nearly midnight in Australia when James Taylor pops onto the screen, casual in a T-shirt and...
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Off Broadway Review: How Cuba’s Music Fuels Its Survival
The Wrap via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoA landmark album is now an exciting stage musical and dance spectacular The post ‘Buena Vista Social...
Chris Strachwitz, founded Arhoolie label, dies age 91
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoChris Strachwitz, a producer, musicologist and one-man preservation society whose Arhoolie Records...
Jefferson Starship drummer John Barbata dead at 79
BANG Showbiz via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoJefferson Starship and Jefferson Airplane drummer John Barbata has died aged 79. The musician is reported to have passed away on May 8. A cause of death...
Eliades Ochoa goes beyond Buena Vista at 26th Afro Roots Fest
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoSinger, guitarist, and songwriter Eliades Ochoa may be a traditionalist in music but does not trade...
Duane Eddy, 'the first rock 'n' roll guitar god', dies at 86
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoDuane Eddy, the most commercially successful instrumental artist in the history of rock 'n' roll,...
The hot young thing? At 71, John Leventhal has made a debut album
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoNEW YORK (AP) — It's a little late for John Leventhal to be considered a hot young thing in music....
David Lindley, guitarist best known for work with Jackson Browne, dies at 78
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoLindley, an in-demand musician who recorded with everyone Linda Ronstadt to Warren Zevon, played the...