If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Over five decades after Jimi Hendrix first rocked the cover of Rolling Stone, fans are finally getting a new chance to celebrate the iconic guitar legend. Launching in …
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A feature film documentary about the life of Jimi Hendrix is on the way. On Friday, the film’s producers announced that Bao Nguyen, the director behind The Greatest Night in Pop, will direct the upcoming film, Jimi. “Telling the story of Jimi Hendrix during his pivotal years in London is …
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There was a moment when Megan Thee Stallion was in the studio laying down her latest single, “Cobra,” that hit like an epiphany. Artist/producer Diggy Lessard had just finished unleashing an epic guitar solo from his Gibson SG when the rapper proclaimed: “This is it. This is that thing right …
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More than half a century after Jimi Hendrix moved to England to form rock’s preeminent transatlantic power trio with a couple of Brits, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. Now Billboard reports that a Manhattan federal judge decided Tuesday that England will also be the starting place for a …
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There are all other legends, and then there is Pam Grier. She became the first and greatest Black female action hero of the Seventies, in blaxploitation classics like Coffy and Foxy Brown. She reigns as one of the all-time iconic Hollywood stars, from her Quentin Tarantino collaboration Jackie Brown to …
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Zayn Malik is paying tribute to one of music’s greatest. On Friday, the R&B singer forayed into rock ‘n’ roll with the release of “Angel,” a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song, coinciding with the late legend’s 80th birthday. Opening with Hendrix’s signature guitar, Malik’s powerful vocals come in to …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Jimi Hendrix released his band’s debut LP Are You Experienced over 55 years ago, changing rock music forever. “It’s impossible to think of what Jimi would be doing …
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When the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees take the field for Game One of the American League Championship Series tonight, Johnnie B. Baker Jr. — affectionately known as “Dusty” because, as a child, he loved to play in the alluvial dirt of Riverside, California — will be there. …
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To some, last week’s news that Micky Dolenz had filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice to obtain the complete FBI file on the Monkees was a surprise: The Monkees, subversive? But as it turns out, the made-for-TV Monkees were just one of many pop artists who’ve been the …
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Update (2/8): The estates of Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding have filed a lawsuit in London’s High Court of Justice against Sony Music Entertainment, according toBillboard. Mitchell’s and Redding’s heirs would like the court to say they own stakes in music recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, that their rights …
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