Beyoncé’s ex-manager fights ejection from his music royalties fund Merck Mercuriadis promised to turn songs into gold on launching Hipgnosis. Now, a review could see him ousted The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023
Dividend shocker shows need for some robust governance at Hipgnosis Shareholders now almost certain to reject stinker of a deal to sell fifth of music rights catalogue to Blackstone The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023
Beyoncé and Neil Young song fund Hipgnosis slashes amount it expects from royalties Share price hits record low as London-listed company says it will not pay shareholders a dividend The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023
Sufjan Stevens: Javelin review – the triumphant culmination of an unpredictable career Deceptively simple songs burst into epic passages and walls of sound, with lyrical twists to match, in a remarkable album released as its creator recovers from an autoimmune condition The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023
Eminem tells former 'libertarian freestyler' Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his songs at campaign stops The real Slim Shady stood up. Fortune · Aug 29, 2023
“Whenever I got accosted on the street by a crazy maniac, the best thing to do was walk away. I always felt threatened. We had to leave by the back door at a lot of places”: Devo’s battle for survival They’re the coneheaded “alien” stars whose controversial anthems and madcap behaviour wound up the masses – but how prog were Devo? Louder · Aug 28, 2023
‘We were once paid $50 to quit’: new wave heroes Devo on boos, Bowie and retiring after 50 years For half a century, the Ohio band have confounded audiences, collaborated with A-listers and continued to reinvent themselves. They explain why now is the time to finally call it a day The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023
Music Review: Neil Young caught in his 1970s prime with yet another 'lost' album, 'Chrome Dreams' Neil Young is captured in his mid-1970s prime with “Chrome Dreams,” yet another “lost” album officially seeing the light of day as Young originally envisioned nearly half a century ago The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023
Kerry Stokes and Seven ordered to hand over thousands of emails exchanged with Ben-Roberts Smith’s legal team Nine newspapers subpoenaed the correspondence to argue Seven influenced defamation proceedings and should be liable for costs The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2023
"That otherworldliness comes from very tight rhythm playing": Kevin Shields on hiding music inside his new Fender pedal, his Jazzmaster setup secrets and what guitarists overlook about his technique My Bloody Valentine's sonic architect on how he made a fuzz pedal that responds like an amp, that time he gigged without his rig, and why he has an entire pedalboard for one part in one song… Guitar World · Jul 25, 2023
The Roxy will commemorate its 50th anniversary with Neil Young performance ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood is turning 50 this fall, and to mark the occasion owner Lou Adler has announced that Neil Young will return to the stage for an intimate anniversary concert on Sept. 20, 50 years to the day that he headlined the opening… The Orange County Register · Jul 19, 2023
Review: Neil Young delivered singular San Diego solo concert by digging deep for new/old musical gold SAN DIEGO — Neil Young was barely a minute into the opening number of his sold-out solo concert on Tuesday night at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, when he sang: "People my age, they don't do the things I do." Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023
Island of Love’s Karim Newble and Linus Munch: “When we started rehearsing we didn’t even have a fuzz pedal. We are still borrowing amps every single show” The first UK band to be signed to Jack White’s Third Man Records are having big fun making big noise but can someone, anyone, lend these lovable rogues some gear? Guitar World · Jul 10, 2023
Glasgow charity 'shining example' of how groups can run council venues St Paul's Youth Forum has taken over Molendinar Community Centre under the council's People Make Glasgow Communities programme which aims to empower local organisations. Glasgow Live · Jun 30, 2023
MusicRadar · Jun 27, 2023 5 songs guitarists need to hear by... Johnny Marr The former Smiths guitarist is a generational talent, the player Noel Gallagher calls the GOAT, but what songs should players check out to get a handle on his style?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2023 Kurt Vile and the Violators review – solid gold stoner rock Philadelphia’s psych-rock stalwart delivers warm tributes to friends, family and mentors during a many-layered evening of soothing conversational gems
Louder · Jun 16, 2023 11 brilliant albums that aren’t on Spotify The classic studio albums by Black Sabbath, Neil Young, AC/DC, Judas Priest and more that aren’t on the world’s biggest streaming service
The New Daily · Jun 12, 2023 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck condemn Donald Trump’s new ad Donald Trump used part of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's movie for a campaign ad, in a move their production company has condemned.
Guitar World · Jun 1, 2023 Graham Nash: “The acoustic guitar touches the heart faster. It’s much more human and personal than electric guitar” As the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young legend releases the “most personal record” of his half-century career, he tells us about speaking truth to power, selling his Woodstock Martin D-45, and making up with David Crosby
Guitar World · May 29, 2023 How to solo over relative major and minor chords It's one of the oldest tricks in the book, used by everyone from the Beatles to Neil Young and Pink Floyd, but playing around the major and minor tonalities can produce melodies that stick in the mind forever
The Independent UK · May 24, 2023 ‘It was bewildering’: The Thrills on famous fans, flash-in-a-pan success and their Morrissey blunder With fans in Bono and Rod Stewart, the Noughties group were going to be the biggest Irish band since U2 – then they vanished. On the 20th anniversary of their debut, Ed Power speaks with The Thrills and their former manager to chronicle the band’s staggering rise to the top…
MusicRadar · May 19, 2023 Graham Nash recalls a furious Little Richard lambasting Jimi Hendrix after the young guitarist upstaged the rock ’n’ roll godfather It would take something for any backing player to steal Little Richard's thunder but then this was Jimi Hendrix...
Daily Mirror · May 3, 2023 Barking venue will host Neil Young Day to mark rocker's 1971 recording session The recording took place at Barking Assembly Hall, part of the town hall now known as The Broadway, an arts centre, where the original dressing room used by Neil remains
MusicRadar · May 3, 2023 Watch Keith Richards join Willie Nelson onstage for a poignant performance of We Had It All and Live Forever “I’m surrounded by Nelsons,” jokes Keef as he joins the celebration concert for Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday
Louder · May 2, 2023 Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 Gordon Lightfoot was of Canada's most important songwriters, author of If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald