Paul Simon, Cher, Carlos Santana among the Recording Academy’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees

Paul Simon performs live on the pyramid stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2011 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)The Recording Academy has announced the honorees for their 2026 Special Merit Awards Ceremony, with Cher, Carlos Santana and Paul Simon chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.The Lifetime Achievement honor goes to "performers who, during their lifetime, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording," according to a press release. Other […]

December 19, 2025

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Paul McCartney commiserates after Höfner, maker of his bass, files for bankruptcy

Sir Paul McCartney performs at The O2 Arena during his 'Got Back' world tour on December 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)Paul McCartney has reacted to the news that the German company Höfner, known for making guitars and basses, has filed for bankruptcy.McCartney, a longtime user of the Höfner 500/1 violin bass, posted on Instagram that he was “sad to see Höfner go out of business.”“They have been making instruments for over 100 years, and I bought my […]

December 19, 2025

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Jonathan Cain on his Journey farewell: ‘It seems like a good time to get off’

Jonathan Cain, tecladist of JJourney band, performing during a concert part of Freedom Tour 2022 at Arena Monterrey, on September 28, 2022 in Monterrey, Mexico. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images)Journey’s Jonathan Cain has opened up about his future with the band.In November, Journey announced their Final Frontier farewell tour, which kicks off Feb. 28 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The announcement came weeks after Journey’s Neal Schon said Cain had "announced his farewell to Journey." Cain later clarified that he "remains […]

December 18, 2025

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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Faithless’ is one of Barack Obama’s favorites of 2025

Cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Faithless’ from 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' box set. (Sony Bruce Springsteen has landed on President Barack Obama’s list of his favorite music of 2025.Obama picked Springsteen's "Faithless" for this year’s list, a song from The Boss’ Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, which featured seven previously unreleased albums."Faithless" is the title track from a previously unreleased film soundtrack for a movie that never got made. The 11-song album was recorded between Springsteen’s Devils & […]

December 18, 2025

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The Rolling Stones wish Keith Richards a happy 82nd birthday

Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs during the final night of the Hackney Diamonds '24 Tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena on July 21, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards turned 82 on Thursday, and his bandmates took to social media to send him their best wishes.The band’s official Instagram account shared a carousel of photos of Keith over the years, captioning it, “Today we celebrate @officialkeef on this special day! Happy Birthday, Keith […]

December 18, 2025

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Peter Criss reveals how Ace Frehley felt about KISS’ Kennedy Center Honors

Peter Criss, drummer for the band KISS, applauds as Monique Frehley, daughter of the late KISS guitarist Ace Frehley, receives a medal in honor of her father during the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)KISS recently received the Kennedy Center Honors at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., but it was without founding guitarist Ace Frehley, who passed away in October.Frehley knew […]

December 18, 2025

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New Beatles short film delves into the making of 1994’s ‘Free as a Bird’

The Beatles 'Anthology 4' cover/(Capitol Records)A new short film about the making of The Beatles’ 1994 single "Free as a Bird" has just been released to YouTube.Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn explores the making of the song that reunited Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr after 24 years. The trio used an unfinished John Lennon demo to create the tune.The short film features never-before-seen footage from the studio sessions for the track, and sees the trio work on it […]

December 18, 2025

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Stevie Wonder cancels 2026 House Full of Toys benefit event

Stevie Wonder performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on May 2, 2024. (Disney/Randy Holmes)Stevie Wonder's plan to expand his House Full of Toys holiday benefit concert into a four-day event has fallen through due to time constraints. In a statement shared to his Facebook, he announced that he's decided to cancel the shows."A week and a half ago I came up with the idea of doing 4 nights at the Fonda Theatre to raise money for House Full of Toys," he began. "Big […]

December 18, 2025

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Jon Anderson’s ‘Earth Mother Earth’ and ‘Survival & Other Stories’ to be reissued

Jon Anderson reissues of 'Earth Mother Earth' and 'Survival & Other Stories' (Frontiers Music SRL)Two of Yes singer Jon Anderson’s solo albums are set to be reissued.The artist’s label will rerelease Anderson’s 1997 album Earth Mother Earth and 2011’s Survival & Other Stories digitally and on CD and vinyl on March 27. Earth Mother Earth will be released on green vinyl and Survival & Other Stories on gold marble vinyl.To coincide with the announcement, Anderson has released a new visualizer video for the Earth Mother Earth […]

December 18, 2025