
1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play?
Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans ...

Usher to curate music for July 4th fireworks show
Usher will be the spark for Macy's 4th of July fireworks show. The Grammy-winning singer will collaborate with Macy's to curate the concept, music and ...

Colorado music promoter Barry Fey dies at 73
Music promoter Barry Fey, who brought some of the biggest names in the business to Colorado, including the Doors, the Rolling Stones and U2, has died.

Havens, 1st Woodstock singer, dies of heart attack
Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday at age 72. Havens died of a heart attack in New ...

Hendrix at 70: New album offers different look
Jimi Hendrix recorded everything. More than 40 years after his death, though, the tape is finally running out. "People, Hell & Angels," out Tuesday, ...
Jesse Jackson Jr, wife to appear Wednesday
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, are to appear in federal court Wednesday to answer criminal charges in an alleged scheme to ...

A glance at items listed in Jackson Jr. charges
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife have agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on ...

Prospect of prison looms for ex-congressman, wife
The prospect of prison looms over former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife after they agreed to plead guilty to charges in an alleged scheme ...

Jesse Jackson Jr., wife agree to plead guilty
In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges ...

Bassist Rick Huxley of Dave Clark Five dies at 72
Bass player Rick Huxley, one of the founding members of the Dave Clark Five, has died. He was 72. Clark announced Huxley's death Tuesday, saying the ...

Troggs singer Reg Presley dies of cancer at 71
The structure is simple, the guitar riffs basic, the lyrics at best inane, but the Troggs' "Wild Thing" remains a garage rock classic more than 45 ...

Adorned by the Grammys: Miguel has breakthrough
When record executive Mark Pitts heard "Sure Thing," a song Miguel wrote for possible inclusion on an album by Usher, Pitts felt there was something ...

Study: Solo stars at higher death risk than bands
Rock 'n' roll will never die — but it's a hazardous occupation. An academic study published Thursday confirms that rock and pop musicians are more ...

Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years
They are seen as the progenitors of Chicano rock 'n' roll, the first band that had the boldness, and some might even say the naiveté, to fuse punk ...

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in ...

Vindication for 2013 Rock Hall of Fame inductees
Randy Newman's glad he didn't have to do anything drastic to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The members of Rush are choosing to let bygones ...

12 unreleased Jimi Hendrix songs to debut March 5
A new Jimi Hendrix album is coming March 5. The musician's website says "People, Hell and Angels" contains 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded ...