Getty Green Day is back in a big way. After cancelling a tour in support of three excellent albums that were released in quick succession last year so lead singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong could check into a rehabilitation facility to help kick his alcohol and prescription drug habits, the pop-punk heroes triumphantly returned to the ...

PA Buddy Holly would have dedicated part of his life to helping young musicians if he hadn't perished in a plane crash at age 22 in 1959, according to his widow Maria Elena, and that's what a new prize and scholarship launched by The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation intend to do. A $5,000 yearly scholarship at the University of North ...

Getty Foo Fighters/Sound City/Nirvana/Probot/Queens of the Stone Age/etc musical traveler Dave Grohl has one main rule: "The musician comes first." That was the recurring theme of Grohl's impassioned 55-minute keynote address, which drew a standing ovation from hundreds of South by Southwest Music Conference delegates before and after, ...

Robyn Hitchcock Facebook Part of the joy of a Robyn Hitchcock performance is listening to him go off on tangents in his song introductions. He also does the same while not on stage and my phone interview with him on Monday was no different. We chatted a bit about the British singer/songwriter's fine new Love From London album and some of ...

Iron and Wine. Photo by Lance Rosenfield for AOL Natalie Maines has kept a relatively low profile since the Dixie Chicks went on hiatus in 2007, but her Mother solo debut comes out on May 7 and she covered the Pink Floyd track of the same name as part of the Spinner showcase on Wednesday night at ACL Live at the Moody Theater. Maines ...

Andy Whale The middle class that's disappearing across western society seems to be doing the same thing in the record industry and British singer/songwriter Billy Bragg says it's the most pressing problem facing young musicians today. "For those of us who have name recognition the internet's been a great tool," Bragg tells Spinner. "It ...

The Zombies Facebook The Zombies -- a British band that broke up before the release of belatedly heralded second album Odessey and Oracle 45 years ago -- have returned from the proverbial dead in recent years. The act has experienced a renewed wave of popularity as it arrives for several appearances at the South by Southwest Music festival ...