The third installment of cuts is from a total cross-section of artists and genres, with music from Yaz, Marilyn Manson, Miles Davis, The Who, Prince, Depeche Mode, The Fifth Dimension, film score composer John Barry, The Manhattan Transfer's Janis Siegel…
Author Craig Marks has given us Gen-Xers a gift: a new book called I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution (Penguin). Coming in at 608 pages, the book is sure to be an absolute joyride.
DB's current playlist features a set of contemporary music that he collected over the summer, featuring artists like Kurt Vile, Björk, St. Vincent, Panda Bear, Fleet Foxes and many more. LISTEN HERE Link: Radio DavidByrne.com
All Songs Considered - Fall Music Preview (@allsongs) Our friends at NPR Music have composed their list of new releases to look out for this fall. You can to the very tight 60 minute preview show with hosts Bob Boilen…
An ongoing selection of songs from various artists and genres that I simply can’t live without. This first volume features music from Frank Sinatra, Madeleine Peyroux, Roberta Flack, The Pretenders, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Romeo Void, Ennio Morricone, The Clientele, Led Zeppelin and Alice Smith.
Like countless others, I absolutely loved the first season of the U.K. series Downton Abbey. It was like a romantic extension of Gosford Park. I watched all seven episodes in swift succession thanks to Netflix, and couldn't get enough. Though…
Rock journalist Neil Strauss talks to John Schaefer about his new book, Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness, with stories of his adventures being "embedded" in the lives of the famous. [audio:https://georgehahn.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Neil-Strauss-Rock-Tell-All.mp3] Visiting on mobile?…
Dear WMG Gatekeepers, When someone sent me a link to the video for Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" on YouTube, I liked the song so much that I bought it on iTunes. The other day, I saw the glorious opening…
A few back, my brother Mark's original iPhone was run over by a car and left for dead. It didn't look good. The glass was shattered and there was irreparable pixel damage on the left third of the screen. BUT..…
After hearing much criticism of the film's excessive beauty, I finally saw Tom Ford's A Single Man the other day and, quite frankly, loved every frame, every word, every sound. Many people, as well as paid critics, bash the rigorous…