The Recording Academy will induct eight albums and five singles in the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. The albums include Jay-Z’sReasonable Doubt, Luther Vandross‘ Never Too Much, Emmylou Harris‘ Wrecking Ball, and Cat Stevens‘Tea For The Tillerman. The Grammy Hall of Fame will also induct Big Star‘s #1 Record, …
Read More »Carlos Santana Postpones Residency After Breaking Finger During 'Hard Fall'
Carlos Santana is postponing the start of his Las Vegas residency after breaking a finger. On Friday, the legendary guitarist’s team announced that Santana had suffered a “hard fall” and broke one of his fingers. Santana’s team explained that he was on a walk at his Kauai vacation home when …
Read More »'San Francisco Sounds' Reveals the Discovery of Janis Joplin
The San Francisco music scene was bursting with magic during the Sixties and Seventies, from the rise of radio DJs and eye-catching poster artists to Rolling Stone magazine and a number of iconic acts who emerged from it, including the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Miller, Santana, …
Read More »Grateful Dead, Tower of Power, Santana and More Feature in 'San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time'
From 1965 to 1975, San Francisco saw the rise of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Steve Miller, Santana, Moby Grape and more. A new two-part docuseries, San Francisco Sounds: A Place, examines this decade that propelled Bay …
Read More »Pianist Alan Pasqua on His Years With Bob Dylan, Eddie Money, Pat Benatar, and Santana
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Flashback: Peter Green and Santana Perform 'Black Magic Woman' Together
The sad news came down Saturday that Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green died at age 73. “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep,” his family said in a statement. “A further statement will be provided in the …
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