The cover of the second album from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell looks like the poster for a light, sophisticated rom-com targeted to an older, NPR-ish audience. That’s the vibe of the rootsy music they make, too: smart and stately, full of detailed craft and unfussy intimacy. Renaissance man Martin has… Source: Music News

In the mid-Eighties, Def Leppard and genius producer Robert “Mutt” Lange sold an Everest-sized pile of records by making pop-metal at its most streamlined, glossy and, at times oddly beautiful (their dream-cheese masterpiece “Hysteria”). The band’s commercial fortunes took a terminal hit when their partnership with Lange ended, but they’ve continued… Source: Music News

Kurt Cobain’s green cardigan from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged taping, the Beatles’ drumhead from their 1964 visit to the Ed Sullivan Show and a long-lost acoustic Gibson belonging to John Lennon are among the nearly 350 rock-related items that will hit the Julien’s Live auction block on November 7th. Cobain’s Manhattan brand sweater – “a… Source: Music […]

Throughout the Sixties, Welsh-born singer Tom Jones scored huge pop hits on both sides of the pond with “It’s Not Unusual,” “Delilah” and “What’s New, Pussycat.” A wildly popular stage and TV star whose live concerts made grown women swoon (and willingly sacrifice their undergarments), Jones also turned the country… Source: Music News

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience in New Orleans canceled their Sunday sets due to “dangerous weather conditions” that swept into the area over the Halloween weekend. Performances by Deadmau5, Chance the Rapper, Zac Brown Band, Eric Prydz, the Cult, Third Eye Blind and more were nixed due to the cancellation,… Source: Music News

Halloween night marked the grand finale for Taylor Swift’s often-star-studded North American leg of her 1989 Tour, and the singer had an October 31st surprise for fans at Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium as she was joined onstage by Idina Menzel to cover “Let It Go” from the 2013 film Frozen. In… Source: Music News

Austin, Texas’ own Gary Clark Jr. returned to a familiar setting on Halloween night as the guitarist partook in his second Austin City Limits concert to showcase tracks off his new album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim. In addition to the jaw-dropping “Grinder” and stirring “The Healing,” the rocker’s homecoming show also included soulful… Source: Music News

In the years immediately following Jerry Garcia’s death, the sight of a singer-guitarist onstage with the surviving members of the Dead, attempting to fill in for their newly departed leader, was never less than jarring. But now that 20 years have flown by since Garcia’s passing, the Garcia stand-in slot is… Source: Music News

October 29th marked the 50th anniversary of the installation of the Master FM Antenna atop New York’s Empire State Building, and to celebrate the occasion, the iconic skyscraper’s computer-driven LED “Tower Lights” orchestrated an epic light show soundtracked by Steely Dan’s 1978 single “FM (No Static at All)” on Thursday night…. Source: Music News

At least 27 people were killed and over 180 injured after a deadly fire and stampede broke out during a free heavy metal concert at a Bucharest, Romania nightclub. According to multiple reports, the blaze during the band Goodbye to Gravity’s set was caused by stage pyrotechnics that ignited a… Source: Music News