An album “is a record of who you are and where you were at that moment in your life,” he said. With “Tracks II,” he adds ...

The trusted keyboard player on his best and most difficult sessions, from the Heartbreakers to that guy Bob from Duluth.

It's a great day when your favorite artist releases a new record. But what if they released seven new records at once, full ...

Harket, best known for his band’s infectious 1985 synth-pop hit “Take on Me,” revealed his illness in an interview on a-ha’s ...

I write all of this as we in the Brian Wilson Band are preparing to join Al Jardine for some shows that will highlight songs off of ... of the newfangled analog synthesizer variety, and so instead ...

The track that sparked his initial curiosity is part of an album called Rímur, which features traditional Icelandic folk songs ... he asked. Learn more: Listen to Konstantine's performance ...

Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach. Testimonials to Wilson’s ...

“He was funny, he said he gave me the short list, the short list of songs to learn, and that turned out to be 125 songs — he had something like 300 or more songs in his repertoire.” Little ...

He didn't have an exact "why" in mind, or a sense of what he'd do with the songs he was accumulating ... and you just have to learn to be OK with it. Right. I think that our responsibility ...

Karl Hyde keeps making The Pose. At the climax of an Underworld song, the Warfield's stage is a visual cacophony of magenta strobes and crisscrossing lasers. Hyde, 68, is a spindly silhouette in a ...

I first met Brian Wilson in early 1962 at a record shop in Culver City when the Beach Boys were doing an in store appearance ...

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