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Elektra Records Celebrating 60th Anniversary With All-Star Event

In 1950, a 19-year-old named Jac Holzman started a record label called Elektra in his St. John's College dorm. What began as a company specializing in folk music became one of the most legendary record labels in pop and rock music. ... Read More »

Max's Kansas City Celebrated in New Book

If you were at New York nightclub Max's Kansas City back in the mid-‘60s through the '70s, there was a likely chance you might have seen some famous and future stars. ... Read More »

Patti Smith Sings With Eddie Vedder and Johnny Depp in Arkansas

Never one to shy away from a concert staged for a good cause, Eddie Vedder joined iconic singer/poet Patti Smith on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Robinson Hall in Little Rock, Ark., for what turned out to be an all-star jam session on two Smith tunes, ‘Dancing Barefoot’ and ‘People Have the Power.’ ... Read More »

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Offers Free Festival That's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Getty Images With all the talk about concert ticket prices and attendance during this brutal year ... Read More »

'I Need That Record!' Film Explores Plight of Indie Record Stores

Brendan Toller In the documentary 'I Need That Record!' by Brendan Toller, there's a scene in ... Read More »

Tuli Kupferberg, Fugs Singer and Beat Poet, Dead at 86

Tuli Kupferberg, a member of the Fugs and a staple of the New York City "beat" scene, has passed ... Read More »

Patti Smith Lays Memorial to Mark Roskilde Deaths

Danish rock festival Roskilde began on Thursday, July 1, with a ceremony marking the 10th ... Read More »

Graham Nash and John Cale Awarded OBEs by Queen of England

It's hard to imagine Queen Elizabeth II digging the Velvet Underground, though we can perhaps see ... Read More »

Karen Elson 'Pushed' to Record Album by Husband Jack White

Aside from the high school troubles that inspired it, what's most surprising about Karen Elson's ... Read More »

Patti Smith Professes Her Love for Opera

Those who are familiar with punk laureate Patti Smith may not necessarily associate her with opera ... Read More »

Killers, Patti Smith Recognised at the ASCAP Music Awards

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers -- the performing rights organisation for ... Read More »

Patti Smith Delights Scottish Fans With Surprise Rendition

Patti Smith's Scottish fans were treated to that rarest of events on Wednesday. Appearing at ... Read More »

Specials Reunion Not Soured by Founder's Absence

Reunions are hard enough for bands with three members -- just ask the Police. British ska legends ... Read More »

Metric Interview: SXSW 2010

When it came time for Toronto vedettes Metric to make their fourth record, rather than sign with a ... Read More »

All-Star Lineup Honors the Who at Carnegie Hall

Among the songs performed Tuesday night as part of 'The Music of the Who,' a two-hour charity ... Read More »

Robyn Hitchcock Covers Dylan, Velvets and Hendrix in New York

Prone as he is to rambling, trippy asides and witty non sequiturs, Robyn Hitchcock prefaced Sunday's ... Read More »