#music-legacy

#music-legacy

passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Wednesday.

That new album, Sad and Beautiful World released on 7 November includes a small galaxy of music legends orbiting around Staples at the centre. As well as covers of songs by Curtis Mayfield, Gillian Welch, Frank Ocean, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Porter Wagoner, plus US alt heroes Mark Sparklehorse Linkous and Kevin Morby, there are new songs, including one written for and about Staples by Hozier and Allison Russell.

Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat. Sam Rivers wasn't just our bass player - he was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound.

Great artists who are the opposite of prolific are always a thorny subject. Many of our most romantic ideas about creativity tend to view "genius" as a kind of vessel state, from which beauty and inspiration simply flow forth, effortlessly and boundlessly: It's deflating to be confronted with the reality that this isn't always how it works. And, of course, when such artists come to be the subjects of intense devotion and scrutiny, it often provokes a demand for more and more, faster and faster,

Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night is due to receive diaspora award Irish-born US musician Danny Hutton is founder of a band that have sold 50 million records, released 21 consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits and helped launch the careers of Elton John, Randy ­Newman and Harry Nilsson.

Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Underground that their first album sold only 30,000 copies, but everyone who bought one started a band. Joy Division's debut Unknown Pleasures sold only 20,000 copies in its initial period of release, but the T‑shirt emblazoned with its cover art - an image of radio waves emanating from a pulsar taken from an astronomy encyclopedia - has long since constituted a commercial-semiotic empire unto itself.

Bobby Whitlock was a gifted keyboardist who made significant contributions to rock music, co-founding Derek and the Dominos and collaborating with Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

"It's impossible to put into words what Ozzy Osbourne has meant to Metallica. Hero, icon, pioneer, inspiration, mentor, and, most of all, friend are a few that come to mind."

Jeff has been battling a systemic infection and is currently in the care of a team of doctors who have advised him that performing is simply not possible at this time nor will he be able to reschedule.

Morrissey has released 13 solo studio albums, all of which have hit the UK top 10 including 3 number 1's, and an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British music.

The Legends Never Die (5 Year Anniversary Edition) just landed, and it's brought a couple of emotional haymakers along for the ride.

Jeff Lynne's ELO has cancelled their final show at BST Hyde Park due to Jeff Lynne's battle with a systemic infection, recommended by doctors to avoid performing.

When four top film studio musicians formed the Hollywood String Quartet in the late 1930s, its name was presumed an oxymoron. Exalted string quartet devotees belittled film soundtracks, while studio heads had a reputation for shunning classical music longhairs.

Alanis Morissette’s pre-headliner performance at Glastonbury showcases her musical legacy and powerful voice, appealing to fans eager for her classic hits.

Though it was met with acclaim, the project was an extremely challenging endeavor for the quartet and led to their disbandment.

We didn't want to be the cops, says Bobby Weir, guitarist and founder member of the Grateful Dead, laughing as he describes his band's legendarily lax attitude to people taping their concerts... It was an easy decision to make.

"The place Frank was living in was populated by drug addicts and hookers... It's very hard to weird me out, Abbott said. This did."

The tribute event showcased the profound impact Thomas had on music and those around him, celebrating his artistry and personal growth with deep earnestness.