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Admat for concert celebrating blues musician Taj Mahal (Courtesy of Sweet Relief Musicians Fund)Van Morrison, E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, George Thorogood and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell are among the artists set to perform at an upcoming benefit concert celebrating the career of blues musician Taj Mahal.The concert, taking place Feb. 21 at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, is the annual benefit for the Sweet Relief […]

Bruce Springsteen (R) and Joe Ely perform at the Austin Music Awards, held at the Austin Music Hall during the South By Southwest Music Festival on March 14, 2012 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/FilmMagic)Bruce Springsteen has paid tribute to Americana singer Joe Ely, who passed away Monday at the age of 78 from complications of Lewy body dementia, Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia."Over here, we’re deeply saddened by the […]

James Taylor at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (Disney/Eric McCandless)James Taylor has announced his annual Independence Day shows at Tanglewood, in the Berkshires area of Massachusetts.Taylor and his All-Star Band just announced they’ll play the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts, on July 3 and July 4; the Fourth of July show will end with a fireworks display for the holiday, celebrating America’s […]

Billy Idol at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction/Disney/Eric McCandlessBilly Idol has a chance to nab an Oscar nomination.The rocker’s song “Dying to Live,” from his documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead, has earned a spot on the Oscars short list for best original song.The tune, written by Idol, J. Ralph, Steve Stevens, Tommy English and Joe Janiak, is one of 15 tracks to make the short […]

George Harrison November 23, 1971. (Photo by: Ann Limongello/ABC Photo Archives) The first-ever video for George Harrison’s classic tune “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” has just been released, directed by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard.It took a team of 20 stop-motion artisans to create the stop-motion clip, which is set in the gardens of Friar Park, the Victorian mansion Harrison purchased in 1970. The video is described […]

American Disco and R&B singer Donna Summer (born LaDonna Gaines, 1948 - 2012) performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, July 12, 1983. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)Disco queen Donna Summer has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Summer, who wrote her hits like "Love to Love You Baby," "Bad Girls," "On the Radio" and "She Works Hard for the Money," was celebrated Monday at […]