Jimi Hendrix

FIRST LOOK: Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix

Posted 05.29.2012

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The buzz continues to build for Andre 3000's Jimi Hendrix biopic, and now there's a photo to go with the anticipation. The Outkast rapper was snap...

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Andre 3000 To Star In Jimi Hendrix Biopic

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.07.2012

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Andre 3000 is ready for his close-up. The Outkast rapper is starring in "All Is By My Side," a Jimi Hendrix biopic that spent years on the shelf, repo...

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The Strangest Wedding Song Requests I've Ever Received

Marta Segal Block | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: I Will Survive, Hank Williams Jr., Unusual Wedding Songs, The Electric Slide, Wedding Songs, The Chicken Dance, Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Foster, Jimmy Buffet, Wedding Song Requests, Weddings News
Marta Segal Block

For many wedding songs, appropriate and inappropriate are definitely in the eye of the beholder.

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Next Holograms: Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye & Michael Jackson?

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.19.2012

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Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will beam up the Tupac hologram again for the upcoming second weekend of Coachella, but the producer and now-occasional rapper ...

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A Face-Melting IPO

AP | BREE FOWLER | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, Squier, Stocks, Stock Market, JPMorgan Chase, The Beatles, Video, Ovation, Fender Musical Instruments Corp., Ipo, Fender Guitars, Guild, Securities and Exchange Commission, Banjos, Jimi Hendrix, Latin Percussion, Ukuleles and Mandolins, Jackson, Business News

NEW YORK — An instrumental piece of rock and roll history is going public. Fender Musical Instruments Corp., the maker of legendary guitars str...

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Grand Illusions & Breakfasts in America: Conversations with Styx's James "J.Y." Young and Supertramp's Roger Hodgson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Star Wars, Eric Clapton, Adele, The Patriots, James "J.Y." Young, Martin Scorsese, Alison Krauss, George Harrison, Sue Davies, The Bulls, Michael Jordan, Alan Parsons, Bo Diddley, Bill Wennington, Supertramp, The Glass-Steagall Act, Dennis DeYoung, Roger Hodgson, Dave Krieg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tommy Shaw, Danny Woodhead, Jack Johnson, Rush, Pink Floyd, Roger Davies, Journey, Adam Sandler, Styx, Jimi Hendrix, Gym Class Heroes, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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"This Will Be Our Year": An Upbeat Playlist For New Year's Eve

David Wild | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Adele, Neil Diamond, Death Cab for Cutie, The Roots, New Year's Eve, Cee Lo Green, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, New Year's Resolutions, Foo Fighters, Clarence Clemons, Graham Parker, Frank Sinatra, The Black Keys, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

Instead of making any promises to myself that I might not live up to, here's my best shot at the ultimate, mostly uplifting playlist for all of our New Year's Eve parties.

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Antony Bitar's Holiday Download, Chatting with Gary Clark Jr. and Macedo, Plus a James Mee Anthem

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Andrew Oedel, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Albert King, Billie Holiday, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Esperanza Spalding, Muddy Waters, Fred Kevorkian, The Supremes, Rilo Kiley?S Jenny Lewis, Radiohead, Sia, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Regina Spektor, Diana Ross, Anton Bitar, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Macedo, Feist, Rolling Stone, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy, Joni Mitchell, Susan Tedeschi, Nils Montan, Michelle Macedo, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Gary Clark Jr., Video, Zero7, Macedo, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Antony Bitar released his self-titled debut album in September, and his rendition of the Christmas classic "Silent Night" is a special gift that Antony is giving to Huffington Post readers for the holidays.

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'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Revisiting the Monterey International Pop Festival Through A Perfect Haze

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Bob Weir, Rock Festivals, Santa Monica Press, Kenneth Kubernik, Monterey International Pop Festival, Alex Gibney, Lou Adler, Zeitgeist, Magic Trip, Roger Daltrey, New Books, Ravi Shankar, Al Kooper, Pop Culture, D.A. Pennebaker, Otis Redding, Pete Townshend, Big Brother & the Holding Company, The Who, Woodstock, Altamont, Booker T. Jones, Harvey Kubernik, Books News, Book Publishing, Alison Ellwood, Ken Kesey, Simon & Garfunkel, Hippies, Music News, Counterculture, Steve Cropper, 1967, Sixties, Monterey Pop, Merry Pranksters, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Books News
Holly Cara Price

The Monterey International Pop Festival took place at such a guileless time that the promoters used the word "pop" in its title. Not long after this would have been unthinkable, after the lines were drawn between "pop" music and rock and roll.

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Anthems, World Changers and Western Teleports: Chatting With Naughty By Nature, John Medeski and Emperor X

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Clyde Stubblefield, Bob Moses, The Word, Naughty by Nature, Rainer Maria Rilke, DJ Kay Gee, Miles Davis, Walter Benjamin, Billy Preston, Groove Holmes, Joe, Baruch Spinoza, Billy Martin, James Brown, Battlestar Galactica, Queen Latifah, John Medeski, Jorge Luis Borges, Medeski Martin & Wood, Paul McCartney, Robert Randolph, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Red Hot Organization, Jimmy McGriff, Joel Sternfeld, Jimmy Smith, Chris Wood, New Style, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, American Idol, Larry Young, Jimi Hendrix, North Mississippi Allstars, John Scofield, Emperor X, Muzombo, Treach, Rakalam, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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'Jimi Hendrix Park' To Open In 2012

Rolling Stone | Posted 12.11.2011

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A new park celebrating the life and music of Jimi Hendrix is set to open i the guitarist's hometown of Seattle, Washington in 2012 to commemorate what...

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The Greatest Guitar Player Of All Time Revealed!

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, Rolling Stone Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Jeff Beck, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Music, Keith Richards, Video, Rolling Stone, Guitar, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Jimmy Page, Entertainment News

Self taught and genre-bending, Jimi Hendrix defined rock & roll. With a legacy that lives on nearly half a century after his death, it comes as no sur...

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Moogy Klingman Passes

Michael Sigman | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, David Amram, Bladder Cancer, John Siegler, The Peaceniks, Guns 'N Roses, Bitter End, Utopia, The Kingbees, Murray the K, The Living Few, DC Comics, Carly Simon, Paul Winter, Bette Midler, Jeff Sigman, Great Neck, Peter Yarrow, Newport Folk Festival, Todd Rundgren, Jimi James and the Blue Flames, Andy Kaufman, Bob Dylan, Kevin Ellman, Ralph Schuckett, Record World, Randy Brecker, Barry Manilow, Danny Kortchmar, Jimi Hendrix, Cafe Wha, Moogy Klingman, Fifty News
Michael Sigman

Mark "Moogy" Klingman passed away last night after a long, brave bout with cancer. You may not have heard his name, but you have heard, and enjoyed, his music.

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A Sweet Postcard From Jimi Hendrix To His Dad

Posted 01.08.2012

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Letters of Note has yet another astonishing correspondence up today, this time from Jimi Hendrix to his dad, Al Hendrix, written from Germany in 1966 ...

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Maroon 5 with Travie McCoy on SNL, Plus Chatting with Vince Gill, Trombone Shorty and Paul Rodgers

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Trombone Shorty, Maroon 5, Warren Haynes, Sam Cooke, Garah Gill, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, Rosanne Cash, Pete Wasner, Ashley Monroe, Maggie Bell, Corrina Gill, Detective, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, Vince Gill, The Everly Brothers, Steve Lukather, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, Jasmine Rogers, Booker T. And the MGs, Dylan O'brien, U2, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Jazz Fest, Po' Folks, Solid Gold, Gym Class Heroes, Brad Paisley, Jenny Gill, Pure Prairie League, Tuba Fatts, Eric Clapton, Slash, Elmore James, Pistol Annies, Paul Kossoff, Keith Urban, The Firm, Treme, Queen, Neal Schon, Bob Ezrin, Travie McCoy, Will Owsley, Robert Lucas, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ian Hatton, Amy Grant, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Alison Krauss, James Brown, Les Paul, Bekka Bramlett, Green Day, Free, Paul Rogers, American Bandstand, Canned Heat, Luther Allison, Mr. Haney, John Lee Hooker, Lenny Kravitz, Green Acres, The Ministry, Jimi Hendrix, Nin, James Taylor, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Chats With George Benson, John McLaughlin, Fred Schneider of The B-52's, and L.A. Guns' Tracii Guns, Plus Lisa Hannigan's New Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Fight Club, Eric Clapton, Lifetime, Tracii Guns, Mitch Mitchell, Grant Green, The Eagles, Snuff, Sly and the Family Stone, Ravi Shankar, Miles Davis, Sarah Palin, The 4th Dimension, Billy Joel, Tony White, L.A. Guns, The Beatles, Charlie Matthau, The Surperions, Soupy Sales, Kate Pierson, Axl Rose, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Smith, Elton John, Cindy Wilson, Lisa Hannigan, The Velvet Underground, David Byrne, Morbid Angel, Harvey Mason, John McLaughlin, Madonna, Freaky Deaky, Chuck Palahniuk, Stacey Blades, Paul McCartney, George Benson, Patti Smith, Nat King Cole, Ricky Wilson, John Mayall, Keith Strickland, Noel Redding, Nikki Sixx, Fred Schneider, Walter Matthau, Chuck Berry, Katy Perry, Mojo, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Elmore Leonard, Herbie Hancock, Zakir Hussain, B-52's, Jack Johnson, Abstract Logix, Lady GaGa, Larry Young, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Guns N' Roses, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Neil Young's Bridge School Exclusive: Dave Matthews' "Too Much," Plus Chatting With Johnny Winter, Queen's Roger Taylor and Yes' Steve Howe

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Mike Myers, Johnny Winter, Sonny Terry, Dave Matthews, Flash Gordon, Warren Haynes, Asia, Alan White, Fleet Foxes, James Burton, George Thorogood, Brian May, Yes, Jimmy Vivino, Edgar Winters, B.B. King, The McCoys, John Medeski, Vince Gill, Muddy Waters, The Shadows, Mark Fisher, Ray Fenwick, Jeff Beck, The Highlander, Oliver Wakeman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC, Ray Charles, Bill Bruford, Pearl Jam, Rick Wakeman, U2, Scotty Moore, Brownie McGhee, Little Richard, The Hollies, Tom Chaplin, Eric Clapton, Dino De Laurentis, Dylan Howe, Queen, Benoit David, Sonny Landreth, Rick Nelson, Paul Nelson, Billy Gibbons, Geoff Downes, David Bowie, Roger Taylor, Chet Atkins, Graham Nash, Les Paul, Tom Yorke, Paul Sutin, Rick Derringer, Paul Rogers, Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn, John Deacon, Paul McCartney, Steve Howe, Robert Johnson, Ross Stanley, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Steve Moore, Keane, Susan Tedeschi, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Wayne's World, Chris Squire, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Derek Trucks, Gtr, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Celebs With Posthumous Sex Tapes

The Frisky | David Moye | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Groupies, Anna Nicole Smith, Tupac Shakur, Celebrity Sex Tapes, Dead Celebrity Sex Tapes, Jfk, Hollyweird, Jimi Hendrix, Fbi, Weird News News

A 1991 video of Tupac receiving oral at a house party full of groupies is about to hit the market. Allegedly he is also rapping along to his own music...

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WATCH: Happy Jimi Hendrix Day!

| Posted 11.13.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's All Shook Down. By Ian S. Port By decree of your San Francisco City Supervisors and the executo...

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The Blackbird Diaries: Chatting with Dave Stewart, Plus Nightmare and the Cat's Sam & Django Stewart

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Eurythmics, A.r. Rahman, Jon Bon Jovi, Mick Jagger, Sam Stewart, Big Kenny, Dave Stewart, The Belle Brigade, Colbie Caillat, Daryl Hall, The Clash, Dan Bern, Carina Round, Glen Ballard, Joss Stone, Django Stewart, Diane Birch, Arcade Fire, Stevie Nicks, The Secret Sisters, Claire Acey, Sinead O?Connor, T-Rex, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, Gwen Stefani, Gary Baseman, Teh Tarveling Wilburys, Bowie, Ringo Starr, The Sex Pistols, Blackbird Studios, Annie Lennox, Martina McBride, Reese Witherspoon, Nightmare and the Cat, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, Big and Rich, Jimi Hendrix, Damien Marley, Superheavy, Blondelle, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Peter Asher, Buddy Holly, Blue Fish, Imelda May, Nigel Ledgerwood, Two Fish, Colbie Caillat, Conan O'Brien, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, The Clash, Darrel Higham, Fleet Foxes, Nicole Kidman, Craig Ferguson, Mtv, Subway Fresh Buzz, Swami Vivekananda, Les Paul, Matisyahu, One Fish, Billie Holiday, Dr. Suess, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, The Jonas Brothers, Dr. John, Red Fish, Ryan Peterson, Jimmy Cliff, Shareen Anderson, Jay Leno, Gene Vincent, Michael Franti, Pink, Quentin Tarantino, Eddie Cochran, Jimi Hendrix, Motopony, Bumbershoot, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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A Pair of Kings: Chatting with Peter Wolf and O.A.R.'s Marc Roberge, Plus Samiam's "Nightly" Audio Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Van Morrison, Little Steven, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith, Bob Wills, Dave Matthews, Thelonius Monk, Bono, Jimmy Rogers, Kyle XY, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Willy DeVille, DJ Logic, Cam Neely, Jason Beebout, James Cotton, Dave Matthews Caravan, Marc Roberge, David Lynch, Charlie Parker, Boston Celtics, Willie Nelson, Russell Simmons, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Peter Wolf, Muddy Waters, DIc Rivers, Neko Case, Twilight, Magic Dick, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Little Steven's Underground Garage, Shelby Lynne, J. Geils Band, John Lee Hooker, Cam Neely Cancer Foundation, U2, ABC Family, Fenway Park, Joni Mitchell, The Dixie Chicks, Jonathan Demme, Jimi Hendrix, David Ruffin, O.a.R., The Four Seasons, Ozomotli, Samiam, Entertainment News
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Anna Calvi, Live in NYC (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Messiaen, Merucry Prize, No More Words, Love Won't Be Leaving, Anna Calvi, Maria Callas, Red Vox AC30, Sade, Laurence Bell, Johnny Flynn, I'll Be Your Man, Jezebel, Tango, Captain Beefheart, Blackout, PJ Harvey, Frankie Laine, Scott Walker, The Devil, New York, the Motels, Roy Orbison, Le Poisson Rouge, "Rider to the Sea, Elvis Preslsy, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Wayne Shanklin, Morning Light, Desire, Daniel Maiden-Wood, The Rolling Stones, Wolf Like Me, The Prizefighter and the Heiress, Tv on the Radio, Coral, Fender Telecaster, Pritpal Soor, First We Kiss, Sound & Vision, Bill Ryder-Jones, Chloe Walsh, Mally Harpaz, Michael Vazquez, Edith Piaf, Eight-Track Recordings, Leonard Cohen, The Luminaire, Brian Eno, Debussy, Ravel, Nina Simone, Rob Ellis, London & South East, Domino Records, Jimi Hendrix, Cheap Hotel, Suzanne & I, Moulinette, Claire Grogan, David Lynch, The Village Gate, Entertainment News
Michael Vazquez

2011-08-04-grab.jpgHere's Anna Calvi performing at Le Poisson Rouge, which was once the legendary jazz venue the Village Gate.

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Hymns, Harrows, Harvests & More: Chatting with John Hiatt, Gillian Welch and Umphrey's McGee's Joel Cummins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Jim Keltner, Alison Krauss, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Lost Boys, Norman Blake, Queen, Hall & Oates, The Blue Sky Boys, John Hiatt, The Stanley Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Tim O'Brien, Rosanne Cash, The Habit of Being, Joe Clark, Ryan Stasik, Jimmy Stewart, Dave Rawlings, Roger Taylor, Elvis Costello, B.B. King, The Monroe Brothers, Umphrey's Mcgee, The Delmore Brothers, The Jeff Healey Band, T-Bone Burnett, The Artist's Way, Ralph Stanley, The Everly Brothers, Paul Newman, Little Village, Molly O'Brien, Ry Cooder, Brendan Bayliss, Flannery O'Connor, Gillian Welch, Nick Lowe, Mike Miro, Richard Thompson, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

John Hiatt's new album Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns kicks off with a pretty universally themed song, "Damn This Town." It's true, no matter what town you grow up in, every kid can't wait to get out of it.

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Amy Winehouse: A Lesson for Kids

Bruce Kluger | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Rehab, Back to Black, Jim Morrison, Social Networking, Drugs, Cultural Influences, Heroin, Music, Grammy, Amy Winehouse, Teenagers, Death, Janis Joplin, USA Today, 27 Years Old, Cell Phones, Substance Abuse, Jimi Hendrix, Itunes, Ipad, Bruce Kluger, Entertainment News
Bruce Kluger

It was my older daughter who broke the news of Winehouse's death to me, and I could instantly detect her confusion about it all, as if it somehow didn't compute.

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