Paul McCartney used to mimic Elvis. Now, with The Beatles: Rock Band video game, McCartney hopes people will mimic The Beatles and experience music above the standard superficial level, learning the different nuances of the famous songs.
The Rolling Stones' banned 1972 documentary Cocksucker Blues has finally made its way on to the internet. A bizarre court order actually prevents the film from being shown unless director Robert Frank is physically present, but even so: it took 37 YEARS to leak?
Crikey's music blogger Tim Dunlop reviews the latest offering from alt-country songstress Eilen Jewell: It's a keeper.
Musician Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale and neural programming at the 2009 World Science Festival. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5732745[/vimeo]
Sure it was a marketing exercise, but that conservatives are still moaning about Woodstock 40 years later, still defining themselves against what they imagine was going on, speaks eloquently of music festival's power, says Tim Dunlop.
As music companies struggle with what appears to be a declining market, one of the models being pursued is the idea of subscribing to a music streaming service in a similar way to which some people subscribed to cable/satellite television. Can it catch on? asks Tim Dunlop.
The Woodstock anniversary shows once again the power of the 60s social movements. Except, the women's movement challenged the madonna/whore distinction and we ended up with post-feminism and ... Madonna.
Les Paul, one of the seminal figures of rock n roll history, has died at age 94.
It's forty years since Woodstock and the Summer of Love of '69. It’s little wonder that Gen Xers and Gen Ys take a jaundiced view of Woodstock nostalgia.
Les Paul, inventor of the solid-bodied electric guitar and key figure of rock music's history, has passed away aged 94 years.
