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Q&A: Kal Penn on Obama, Harold & Kumar and 'The Big Brain Theory' | ARTICLE

Kal Penn's Indian grandparents marched with Gandhi; their American grandson might be best known for starring in the Harold & Kumar stoner movies. The New Jersey native, also recognized for his recurring roles on House and...
May 14, 2013 1:55 PM ET
Willie Nelson, the 'Hippest Octogenarian,' Honored at Berklee | ARTICLE

If Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown gets 100 percent cooler every year over the next two dozen years or so, he said Friday, he figures he'll be about half as cool as Willie...
May 11, 2013 9:50 AM ET
Q&A: Marc Maron on Burning Bridges and Music as Therapy | ARTICLE

Marc Maron, who has made obsessive self-destruction his comic calling card since the late Eighties, may finally be ready for success. Pushing 50, he's busier than ever: His WTF With Marc Maron podcast –...
May 6, 2013 1:05 PM ET
Justin Timberlake Sets Date for '20/20 Experience' Sequel | ARTICLE

Justin Timberlake has revealed the release date for the sequel to his current comeback album, The 20/20 Experience. The new album will hit the streets on September 30th, according to a handwritten note the singer...
May 5, 2013 4:55 PM ET
Aerosmith Cancel Indonesia Concert Over Bomb Threat | ARTICLE

Aerosmith have canceled an upcoming concert in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta due to reports of a bomb threat at the Myanmar Embassy. The band canceled the show, set for May 11th, on Saturday after the...
May 5, 2013 2:55 PM ET
'Breaking Bad' Spinoff in the Works | ARTICLE

"A TV show is ultimately judged by its spinoff," Bob Odenkirk joked at the wrap party for the fifth and final season of Breaking Bad. Turns out he wasn't kidding: Odenkirk's character, the comically overbearing lawyer Saul...
April 10, 2013 2:25 PM ET
Richard Hell on New Memoir: 'I Never Really Thought of Anything I Did As 'Punk'' | ARTICLE

"I wanted to have a life of adventure," writes Richard Hell in his clear-eyed, surprisingly moving new autobiography, I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp. "I didn't want anybody telling me what to do." The...
March 27, 2013 1:20 PM ET
Late Bloomer Charles Bradley Eager to Release Second Soul Album | ARTICLE

Charles Bradley waited more than 60 years to tell his story on his debut album, 2011's No Time for Dreaming. Even as he was touring relentlessly to support that album with his backing group, Brooklyn's Menahan Street...
February 21, 2013 2:35 PM ET
Modern Lovers' 'Roadrunner' Proposed as Massachusetts' Official Rock Song | ARTICLE

Jonathan Richman used to describe "Roadrunner," the best-known song by his band the Modern Lovers, as a "geographical love song." Now his affection for his home state is on the verge of being institutionalized: there is a...
February 18, 2013 3:55 PM ET
Tim Hardin - Songwriter Dylan Once Called 'the Greatest' - Set for Revival | ARTICLE

As a toddler, Damion Hardin once knocked over a guitar in his parents' home in Woodstock. The guitar belonged to Bob Dylan, who was annoyed. That didn't stop Dylan from calling Damion's father, the late Tim...
February 13, 2013 11:45 AM ET
Brazil Nightclub Fire Creates Blowback for Concert Industry | ARTICLE

This week, the special effects company Strictly FX will meet with fire department officials in New Orleans, where they'll present a massive workbook full of licenses, insurance forms, product information and checklists. It's part of the process...
January 31, 2013 12:25 PM ET
Steven Tyler Slams 'Spinal Tap' in Rare Library of Congress Interviews | ARTICLE

A few years before he retired, record industry executive Joe Smith began recording interviews with the biggest pop, rock and jazz stars of his lifetime, many of whom he signed as the head of several labels, including...
December 27, 2012 2:55 PM ET
Adam Yauch's Film Company Carrying Out His Vision | ARTICLE

After brothers Bill and Turner Ross screened their new film for the first time at SXSW earlier this year, they went to lunch with representatives of Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film distribution company started by the late...
December 26, 2012 2:20 PM ET
Q&A: The Coup's Boots Riley on Occupying Minds With Music | ARTICLE

The Coup's Boots Riley knows the power of a dire warning. His group's second album, Genocide and Juice, first came to life as backing tracks for the late provocateur Gil Scott-Heron. Yet the deeply committed activist, a...
November 29, 2012 2:40 PM ET
The Ghetto Brothers, Pioneers of Hip-Hop Culture, Get Album Reissue | ARTICLE

Benjy Melendez and his brother Robert still get together every Friday in their Bronx studio, practicing songs they wrote together more than 40 years ago. These days, it's a low-key affair. Back then, however, it felt like...
November 20, 2012 2:30 PM ET
First Song From Johnny Marr's Solo Debut | VIDEO

The Messenger, Johnny Marr's forthcoming album, grew out of the guitarist's urge to return to Manchester, the place of his youth. The architect of the tragically short-lived Smiths' one-of-a-kind sound had been living with his family...
November 13, 2012 2:45 PM ET
Aerosmith Rock Free Show in Front of Old Boston Apartment | ARTICLE

"Where we all live ain't a soul around," Aerosmith sang on "Movin' Out," the first song Steven Tyler and Joe Perry wrote together. A little after noon on Monday, it was a mob scene, with thousands of...
November 5, 2012 4:40 PM ET
Springsteen Leads Stars in Sandy Benefit | ARTICLE

"I was born in Staten Island," Christina Aguilera said at the top of the broadcast. Most of the hosts and performers crammed into the benefit show Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together have direct connections to the Eastern Seaboard...
November 3, 2012 7:50 AM ET
A Pocket Guide to Republican Rockers | ARTICLE

The few, the proud, the right-wing dudes with guitars: An exhaustive search by Rolling Stone's research team has found the rockers who actually cop to voting conservative, from Kid Rock to Ted Nugent and beyond. Read on...
October 25, 2012 10:50 AM ET
Led Zeppelin Concert Film Director: 'This Is How the Band Will Be Remembered' | ARTICLE

Led Zeppelin is often discussed in terms of their enormity. They were the world's biggest rock band; they sang about mountains and epics and laid down the hammer of the gods. However, according to Dick Carruthers,...
October 16, 2012 2:30 PM ET