Random music news for Friday, August 16, 2024
Spare a prayer for Danny Tesler. The man who invented cut/copy/paste has died at the age of 74. Now for some music news for August 16, 2024. BONUS: How about a jazz version
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Random music news for Monday, May 6, 2024
New survey: The ideal length for a movie is 92 minutes. Discuss. As for music news for May 6, 2024, I’ll keep it to around 15 items. More music news? Look here. BONUS:
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RIP: Guitar legend Jeff Beck, taken by meningitis at age 78. Was he the greatest guitar hero of all time?
One of the longest-running debates in rock’n’roll is who is the best guitarist? For decades, arguments centered around three people: Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck (let’s leave Jimi, Eddie, and Prince
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This rock family tree circulating on Facebook is freaking some people out
On the shelf in my office is a wonderfully illustrated book called The Complete Rock Family Tree. Exquisitely drawn by Pete Frame, it shows how so much of rock history is related through
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Muse’s Matt Bellamy says disasters don’t excite him anymore. Wait–what? Roger Waters dug himself into a pretty deep hole when it comes to the war in Ukraine. Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, June 4, 2022
This politician is having a bad week. It, however, continues to be a good week for music news–like what we have for June 4, 2022. Now that people seem to be done with
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Here are shots from the Paul Rodgers/Jeff Beck/Ann Wilson show at the Budweiser Amphitheatre in Toronto
Package tours provide a great value, especially when it comes to legacy artists. On August 1, Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm), Jeff Beck, and Ann Wilson (Heart) all performed together at
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