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Jimi Hendrix

From Foreigner to Songwriters Hall of Fame: A Conversation with Mick Jones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.17.2013 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

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Jimi Hendrix... Entrepreneur!

Steve Mariotti | Posted 05.13.2013 | New York
Steve Mariotti

One of my favorite entrepreneurs of all time is Jimi Hendrix. That might be a surprising statement at first glance, but studying this rock legend's career is instructive for any aspiring entrepreneur.

The Supergroup That Almost Was

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment

LONDON -- Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been makin...

Bombino Revives Romance, Kicks Like Espresso, Lifts Your Mood, Makes Your Party. It's Great Music.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.22.2013 | Entertainment
Jesse Kornbluth

Christmas comes early this year. And if you are good girls and boys, you will now do whatever you must to get your hands on a great present: "Nomad," 40 minutes of music by an African guitarist who's called Bombino.

Rock Music's Ode To LSD

The Huffington Post | Matthew Jacobs | Posted 04.16.2013 | Entertainment

Seventy years ago, an unsuspecting Albert Hoffman discovered a chemical substance that would alter the face of rock music and drug culture forever. Wh...

Dog Ears Music: Taxes and Other Misfortunes Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.18.2013 | Entertainment
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by John Coltrane & Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, Charles Mingus, Sophie Tucker, and more.

5 Things That Creative Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Andre 3000

Bessie A. Winn-Afeku | Posted 04.11.2013 | Arts
Bessie A. Winn-Afeku

In following Andre's music career, acting career and his entrepreneurial endeavors there are quite a few things that I believe many creative professional can learn from the success of Andre Benjamin's journey as an artist.

Jimi's Biggest Album In 44 Years

Posted 03.10.2013 | Entertainment

"People, Hell and Angels," a new posthumous album from music legend Jimi Hendrix, is set to be the deceased rocker's biggest album since his 1968 smas...

Jimi Hendrix Between the Sheets: The Pleasures of a 1968 Hotel Shoot

Rock Paper Photo | Posted 02.08.2013 | Arts
Rock Paper Photo

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LISTEN: Jimi Hendrix's 'Somewhere'

rollingstonelogo | Posted 01.08.2013 | Entertainment

The following article is provided by Rolling Stone. On March 5th, 12 previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix recordings from 1968 and 1969 will be avail...

New Music From Jimi Hendrix

Posted 01.07.2013 | Entertainment

Jimi Hendrix is back on the airwaves with new music. Hendrix's previously unheard song "Somewhere" debuted on BBC Radio on Monday morning. "Som...

10 Songs For Your New Year's Eve Party

DJ Kalkutta | Posted 02.27.2013 | Entertainment
DJ Kalkutta

Well, since the world never ended and we're all still here, it's about time we started thinking about how to bring in the New Year. Some of you have had an elaborately planned night out on the books for months now, some of you are pulling the last minute scramble to rally your friends and find something relatively cost-effective (and far, far away from Times Square), and some of you are planning on completely winging it that night. Regardless of how far along our plans are, we will all end up doing the same things -- drinking, dancing, and listening to music as the world celebrates its only universal holiday.

PHOTOS: Christmas In Seattle

Sandra Thomas | Posted 12.11.2012 | Travel
Sandra Thomas

Here's where I admit that despite Seattle's easy access from Vancouver, I've never actually visited the city before. Now I know what I've been missing.

Rocawear Pays Homage To Jimi Hendrix

The Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 12.07.2012 | Black Voices

Jimi Hendrix is not only a music legend--he's also a style icon. The late guitarist/singer/songwriter was just as loved for his personal style as he w...

More of My Damn Opinions About Guitarists and Guitars

Binky Philips | Posted 02.06.2013 | Entertainment
Binky Philips

Electric guitars are, visually, far and away the most arresting and varied instruments in the world. The electric guitar is the most ubiquitous instrument on the planet. Whether you're in deepest Serbia, Thailand, Peru, Greenland, if there is popular contemporary music being played, homegrown even, you will hear an electric guitar.

Purple Hazed

Doug Bradley | Posted 01.29.2013 | Fifty
Doug Bradley

Jimi Hendrix would have turned 70 years old this week! That thought alone boggles the mind, because for those of us who came of age with him and his music, Jimi will forever be in his 20's -- hot, alive, defiant and "kissing the sky" as he fell to the ground.

LISTEN: Unreleased Jimi Hendrix

The Huffington Post | Madeline Boardman | Posted 11.27.2012 | Entertainment

While the new posthumous album from Jimi Hendrix doesn't come out until March 5, 2013, his former sound manager, Eddie Kramer, is teasing a single now...

New Jimi Hendrix Music Coming Soon

AP | Posted 01.21.2013 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — A new Jimi Hendrix album is coming March 5. The musician's website says "People, Hell and Angels" contains 12 previously unreleas...

Andre 3000 Reveals Details On Hendrix Film

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 01.15.2013 | Black Voices

NEW YORK -- In order to capture his best version of Jimi Hendrix for an upcoming biopic, Andre 3000 said he had to think of him as a regular dude and ...

Dog Ears Music: Born in November Playlist

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 01.02.2013 | Entertainment
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Booker T. (& The MG's), Jeff Buckley, Compay Segundo, Billy Strayhorn, Tina Weymouth and more.

Binky's Revenge: My Own Damned Most Influential Guitarists List!

Binky Philips | Posted 12.19.2012 | Entertainment
Binky Philips

You are about to embark on a journey into the mind of a Total D*ck when it comes to the subject of (guitars and) guitar players. It's simple, really... I know more than you. Nyaaaah Nyaaah Nyaah Nyah Nyah!

LISTEN: Rock Out To This Woodstock '69 Playlist

Posted 08.16.2012 | Fifty

This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival, held in Bethel, New York. Whether you were one of the many faces in th...

Mondo Sex Head: A Conversation With Rob Zombie, Chatting With Mike Stern, Plus Longreef and Certain People I Know Exclusives

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.22.2012 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

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Music Biz Icon Joe Smith Donates Awesome Audio Chats

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.19.2012 | Entertainment
Michael Sigman

At age 84, Joe has lost none of his comic timing. When I reminded him of the good deed he'd done for me so long ago, he paused for a beat and said, "Yeah, I sure am a great guy, aren't I?"

What Makes a Great Rock Biopic? (Hint: It's Not Factual Accuracy)

Christopher Zara | Posted 09.15.2012 | Entertainment
Christopher Zara

Wait, what? This is apparently what happens when you give a simple assignment to an indie director with too much imagination. A straight-up biopic of Dylan would have been fine. But do we really need to see Cate Blanchett in drag?