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Six Things You Didn't Know About Clive Davis | ARTICLE

It's taken almost four decades, but Clive Davis – former head of Columbia, Arista and J Records, now chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment – has written a sequel to his 1975 memoir. The Soundtrack of...
March 4, 2013 12:40 PM ET
They All Played For Us | ALBUM REVIEW

Call it the Coachella of the folk posse. Early last year, the indie Arhoolie label, longtime champions of every genre of American roots music, threw itself a fiftieth anniversary bash, captured on these four animated discs. The...
February 26, 2013 10:55 AM ET
Q&A: Clive Davis on Whitney, Aretha and Spat With Kelly Clarkson | ARTICLE

At 80, Clive Davis, the chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment, isn't close to his last dance. The longtime record executive – who headed Columbia, Arista and J during his storied career, working with everyone from...
February 20, 2013 12:40 PM ET
Clive Davis Comes Out in New Memoir | ARTICLE

Clive Davis' new memoir, The Soundtrack of My Life, is full of inside stories from throughout his famed career. But the biggest revelation is a personal one: For the first time, the 80-year-old record executive discusses his...
February 19, 2013 12:05 AM ET
Black Sabbath's Dark, Twisted Resurrection | ARTICLE

It's a sunny January day in Los Angeles, but as you'd expect, Black Sabbath's world is looking pretty dark. Guitarist Tony Iommi is back home in England being treated for the lymphoma cancer he was...
February 10, 2013 12:00 AM ET
MGMT Get Even Wilder on Synth-Heavy Third Album | ARTICLE

For the better part of the past year, MGMT have been holed up at a woodsy cabin outside Buffalo, New York, that resembles a Rube Goldberg version of a recording studio: Nearly every corner of every...
January 29, 2013 7:00 AM ET
Rare Paul McCartney Recording of 'A World Without Love' Surfaces | ARTICLE

To the small but growing list of rare Beatles tapes that unexpectedly pop up, add one more: Paul McCartney's solo performance of "A World Without Love," the debut 1964 single by Peter and Gordon that...
January 18, 2013 11:35 AM ET
James Brown Biopic Set to Begin Casting Soon | ARTICLE

Authorized biopics of legendary musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain are stuck in various stages of development, but another music film long in gestation – dramatizing the bumpy life and times of James...
January 16, 2013 9:00 AM ET
Survival of the Fittest in the New Music Industry | ARTICLE

As they prepared to record their new album, Not Your Kind of People, Garbage received a crash course in the new realities of the music business. Having parted ways with Geffen, their former home, the band...
November 8, 2012 3:50 PM ET
George McGovern Dead at 90 | ARTICLE

George McGovern, the longtime anti-war congressman from South Dakota who notoriously suffered a devastating loss to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential campaign, died early Sunday morning at the age of 90. McGovern had suffered a head injury...
October 21, 2012 8:35 AM ET
Songwriter J.D. Souther Stumbles Into His Role in 'Nashville' | ARTICLE

It's not every actor who receives a "good job" email from Don Henley after his TV series premieres, but J.D. Souther isn't your typical thespian. Sharp-eyed music fans may have done a double take when they saw...
October 18, 2012 1:00 PM ET
Adam Yauch Design Leads All-Star Skateboard Auction | ARTICLE

Two months before he passed away, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch paid tribute to one of his favorite pastimes: skateboarding. At the request of skate legend Bucky Lasek, Yauch – an avid skater since he was in...
September 20, 2012 3:25 PM ET
Journey, Kid Rock and More Set to Play Republican National Convention | ARTICLE

Lynyrd Skynyrd's scheduled concert at this week's Republican National Convention – originally planned for Sunday night at Tampa's Liberty Plaza – may have been canceled thanks to Hurricane Isaac. But to the surprise of anyone who...
August 27, 2012 12:25 PM ET
No Doubt's Tony Kanal on New Album: 'We Always Knew It Was Going to Happen' | ARTICLE

Most albums aren't recorded overnight; just ask Steely Dan or Bruce Springsteen. However, No Doubt's upcoming Push and Shove, out September 25th, is one of the longest-gestating pop albums in recent memory. According to...
August 22, 2012 9:00 AM ET
No Doubt, 'Push and Shove' (9/25) | LIST ENTRY

The creation of No Doubt's first album since 2001 wasn't easy – but after four years of hard work, they've finally completed this upbeat set of reggae grooves, Eighties-style synth-pop jams and at least one mega...
August 20, 2012 3:17 PM ET
Aerosmith Tap Johnny Depp, Carrie Underwood for 'Another Dimension' | ARTICLE

To the sound of a collective "whew" from fans, Aerosmith are – to quote one of their vintage song titles – back in the saddle. Just over two weeks ago, Steven Tyler announced he was
July 30, 2012 12:10 PM ET
Andre 3000 Covers Beatles, Muddy Waters Songs for Jimi Hendrix Biopic | ARTICLE

All Is By My Side – the Jimi Hendrix biopic currently being shot in Ireland, starring Outkast's Andre Benjamin (a.k.a. Andre 3000) – will feature new recordings of Benjamin covering the Beatles, Muddy...
July 3, 2012 7:30 AM ET
Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dead at 62 | ARTICLE

Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his spokesperson has confirmed via a statement. Gibb was 62 years old. "The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great...
May 20, 2012 6:35 PM ET
Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of the Band, Dead at 71 | ARTICLE

Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19th in New York of throat cancer. He was 71. "He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates," Helm's longtime guitarist...
April 19, 2012 3:10 PM ET
Whitney Houston: The Diva and Her Dark Side | ARTICLE

E arly in the evening of February 7th, Whitney Houston was ready to reclaim her place in music. Wearing black pants and a...
March 15, 2012 1:55 PM ET