Van Morrison

A return to Bad Religion's early days

2013-01-29 18:34:00

Greg Graffin knows something about teenage rebellion. As the young singer for one of SoCal's most prominent hard-core punk bands, Bad Religion, raging against parental control (and the global system) was his core mission in the early 1980s. Although...

Review: Graham Parker & the Rumour return to form at the Roxy

2012-12-12 14:38:00

One of Graham Parker’s great choruses is his simplest. The British singer and songwriter delivered it near the end of a reunion set at the Roxy on Tuesday night with his razor-sharp band the Rumour. “Passion is no ordinary word,” sang...

Rickie Lee Jones and Bettye LaVette interpret the blues

2012-10-05 16:33:00

In a concert last month at Hollywood's Hotel Cafe, the buzzy English singer Paloma Faith crouched down near the floor to sing "Let Me Down Easy." It's a tough-love song associated with a number of hardy soul-music veterans, including Bettye LaVette and...

Joe Smith's candid artist talks heading to Library of Congress

2012-06-18 16:37:33

'Sweet Joe' Russell dies at 72; singer with the Persuasions

2012-05-13 00:00:00

"Sweet Joe" Russell, who spent half a century harmonizing with the Persuasions, an influential vocal group widely regarded as the "kings of a cappella," has died. He was 72. Russell died May 5 in a Brooklyn hospice after a long struggle with diabetes,...

Stagecoach 2012: Some highlights -- Miranda Lambert, Dave Alvin

2012-04-29 16:36:08

Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...

Video premiere: Chieftains and the Low Anthem's 'School Days Over'

2012-02-10 11:20:32

Musical moments with U.S. presidents

2012-02-22 16:36:23

Ronnie Montrose death a suicide, coroner reports

2012-04-11 16:37:48

'The X Factor' recap: Back to the judges' homes

2011-10-17 16:35:44

Rickie Lee Jones drops by School Night at Bardot in Hollywood

2011-06-28 16:35:30

The singer said this song is about meditation, but its religious overtones are apparent.

2013-03-29 11:16:00

"It's not about me. It's totally fictional. It's put together of composites, of conversations I heard - you know, things I saw in movies, newspapers, books, whatever. It comes out as stories. That's it. There's no more." -

2013-02-15 00:00:00

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Van The Man celebrates his 66th birthday today.

2012-08-21 16:41:00