Daniel Lanois

From "Don't Mean Nothing" to "Dance With My Father": A Conversation With Richard Marx

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Kenny Rogers, Earth, Bruce Lundvall, The Commodores, Madonna, Outkast, Robert Conrad, Dick Marx, Chicago, Daniel Lanois, Keith Urban, Tina Turner, Wind & Fire, Justin Beiber, Lionel Richie, Jennifer O'neill, Fee Waybill, Richard Carpenter, Billy Joel, Celine Dion, The Tubes, Luther Vandross, Vixen, Richard Marx, The Civil Wars, Michael Hausman, Robert Lamm, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

2012-01-30-Screenshot20120130at8.10.23AM.png

Read Post

U2 at Angel Stadium and New Sounds From Ireland's Essential Bands

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Adam Clayton, Van Morrison, The Cranberries, Burma, The Edge, The Wombats, Sweet Thing, Live Music, The Dubliners, Danny Lanois, Angel Stadium, Michael Hutchence, Dolores O'Riordan, Phil Lynott, Elton John, David Bowie, Mark Kelly, The Rolling Stones, Shane MacGowan, Daniel Lanois, Joy Division, Amnesty International, The Pogues, Flogging Molly, Aung San Suu Kyi, Leonard Cohen, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Lenny Kravitz, Brian Eno, Henry Rollins, Astral Weeks, Quincy Jones, Gabrielle Giffords, Thin Lizzy, Rock and Roll, Bono, Jimmy Page, Los Angeles News
S.X. Rosenstock

For this tour, interrupted by a back injury and successful treatment for frontman Bono, U2 appears on stage in puffs of smoke reminiscent of our infamous SoCal smog.

Read Post

What's It All About: Chatting with Pat Metheny, Jonathan Elias, and Viva Voce

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Masters Apprentices, A View to a Kill, Sting, Nusrat Fateh, Global Zero, Gary Burton, Sinead O'Connor, Doug Martsch, Geoff Emmerick, Alan Parsons, Queen Noor, Nike, Chick Corea, Yes, Jonathan Elias, Simon Le Bon, Chaplin, Keith Jarrett, Alan Freed, Desmund Tutu, Steve Swallow, Daniel Lanois, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, 9 1/2 Weeks, Bach, Mahler, Sonic Youth, Pat Metheny, The Police, Andy Warhol, Michael Jordan, Robert Downey Jr., Herbie Hancock, Keith Haring, Duke Ellington, Alien, Jimmy Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Joni Mitchell, John Taylor, Stravinsky, Linda Manzer, Children of the Corn, Paul Simon, David GIlmour, Lady GaGa, Bud Powell, Nels Cline, Grace Jones, Miles Davis, The Beatles, John Barry, Yahoo, Lyle Mays, Charlie Chaplin, Carly Simon, Yo La Tengo, Ralph Bakshi, Duran Duran, Debussey, Salif Keita, Mtv, Mick Ronson, Prayer Cycle, Jon Anderson, Brian Blade, The Doors, Randy Newman, Alanis Morrisette, Ali Khan, Stephen Malkmus, Wes Montgomery, Gorbachov, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Pat Metheny's new album is titled What's It All About, which is based off a line from the song "Alfie." Since this is an unusual approach for Pat Metheny, he tracked him down to talk about it.

Read Post

Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee?S Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

Read Post

HuffPost Exclusive: Craig Wedren's "Are We," Plus Conversations with The Civil Wars and NEeMA

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Role Models, Janet Weiss, Conor Oberst, Wet Hot American Summer, Roger Dodger, Sleater Kinney, OK Go, Tim Kingsbury, Charlie Peacock, Kina Grannis, Shudder to Think, Billy Joel, Arcade Fire, A.C.M.E., Mtv, Afghan Whig, Bright Eyes, The Freshmen, Dalai Lama, Tim Nackashi, Hung, Daniel Lanois, Martha Wainwright, Jack the Ripper, United States of Tara, Greg Dulli, Mother Teresa, Pierre Marchand, Banksy, Gnarles Barkley, Cheers, Leonard Cohen, U2, Dire Straits, Rufus Wainwright, School of Rock, The Civil Wars, Reno 911, Tom Mennier, Neema, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Wedren began his career fronting the seminal Washington, DC post-punk outfit Shudder to Think, a band that helped define the scenes in the '80s and '90s. Here is his latest release: "Are We."

Read Post

The Art of Visual Improvisation: Interview With Adam CK Vollick

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam CK Vollick, Jackson Pollock, Trixie Whitley, Daniel Lanois, Ansel Adams, Walter Murch, Jacques Brelles, Neil Young, Le Noise, Mama Rosa, Brian Blade, Henri Cartier Bresson, Black Dub, Gary Burden, Daryl Johnson, Arts News
Joseph Vella

A few years back, I was introduced to a visual artist named Adam CK Vollick, who was filming the recording of an album. And it was unlike anything I had seen before.

Read Post

U2 Mixes It Up for the Fans

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam Clayton, No Line on the Horizon, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, The Edge, Bono, Rolling Stone, Rock and Roll, 1980s, Entertainment News
James Sims

Still riding high on the success of their latest album, U2 has delivered a special treat to its loyal fans with the limited edition remix-CD, Artificial Horizon, available only to U2.com subscribers.

Read Post

U2'S SACRED PILGRIMAGE: 'I found grace, it's all that I found'

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Daniel Lanois, Larry Mullen, Gospel Music, Pilgrimage, Morocco, Adam Clayton, No Line on the Horizon, U2, Sacred, Fez, The Edge, Bono, Video, Healthy Living News
Cathleen Falsani

Without a line on the horizon, we may feel like there is no limit to how far we can go. But it also makes the seas difficult to navigate. That is, in...

Read Post

HuffPost Reviews: U2 No Line On The Horizon / Chris Cornell Scream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Adam Clayton, Gnarls Barkley, Ginsu Knives, Daryll Hall, The Thompson Twins, The Edge, Queen, Paul Simon, Bono, Hall & Oates, Lebanon, Nancy Sinatra, Matthew Sweet, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, John Mayer, Beatles, The Tubes, Steve Lillywhite, Bad Company, Demacio Castellon, Jim Beanz, Nelly Furtado, Mars Lazar, Chris Cornell, Don Henley, Yes, Jerome Harmon, Timbaland, Dark Side of the Moon, Elvis Costello, Terence Trent D'Arby, Rick Rubin, A Night at the Opera, Daniel Lanois, Polaroid, David Coverdale, Temple of the Dog, Hammond B-3, Alan Furguson, Maren Jensen, Rick Wakeman, White Album, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Entertainment News, Brian Eno, Soundgarden, Pink Floyd, Justin Timberlake, John Oates, Jimi Hendrix, Rupert Holmes, Marvin Gaye, Jefferson Airplane, Bruce Springsteen, Studer, Audioslave, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

If you were expecting another All That You Can't Leave Behind or How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Part II, forget it. U2 is back to experimenting.

Read Post