To celebrate the birthday of legendary blues artist Robert Johnson, check out Eric Clapton covering 24 of the 29 known Johnson songs.
Betty Wright 1953 - 2020 - By Nate Todd
- May 10, 2020
- 12:45 pm PDT
Trailblazing soul and R&B singer Betty Wright has died at 66.
Bob Dylan, The Beatles’ Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and many others shared remembrances and condolences for Little Richard.
Little Richard 1932 - 2020 - By Scott Bernstein
- May 9, 2020
- 8:14 am PDT
Pioneering and genre-defying musician Little Richard has died at age 87.
Celebrate Bill Kreutzmann’s birthday today by streaming a Spotify Playlist featuring the pre-September 1967 single-drummer era and the early-1971 to late-1974 one-drummer era of the Grateful Dead
Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider died of cancer at age 73.
To mark the anniversary of the death of Adam “MCA” Yauch, watch a video of the Beastie Boys performing live in concert in 1999.
Stream a career-spanning Spotify Playlist featuring legendary afrobeat drummer Tony Allen.
Celebrate the legacy of the late Col. Bruce Hampton by listening to the colonel lead Aquarium Rescue Unit at The Warfield Theater in San Francisco back in 1992.
Drummer Tony Allen 1940 - 2020 - By Andy Kahn
- Apr 30, 2020
- 5:26 pm PDT
Legendary Nigerian afrobeat drummer Tony Allen has died.
Todd Snider released a cover of a John Prine classic with proceeds headed to the Nashville Rescue Mission.
To celebrate Willie Nelson’s 87th birthday, watch a clean-cut Willie singing his hits for the Grand Ole Opry in 1965.
To celebrate Peter Frampton’s 70th birthday, check out performances of his biggest hits on the legendary late night music program ‘The Midnight Special.’
Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach of Goose performed a cover of “Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)” by John Prine for a tribute put together by 11E1even Group as part of the ‘Live From Out There’ series with bassist Jeffrey Arevalo.
Celebrate Iggy Pop’s birthday by streaming or downloading a previously-unreleased cover of Sly & The Family Stone’s “Family Affair” Iggy recorded with bass legend Bootsy Collins in 1985.
Prince was not only an incredible songwriter and performer, but he was among the best guitarists in the game.
The String Cheese Incident released a cover of John Prine’s “Pretty Good” they recorded remotely.
Watch Hiss Golden Messenger’s MC Taylor and members of his family cover John Prine’s “It’s A Big Old Goofy World” as part of the ‘Live From Out There’ tribute to Prine.
