Following Joe Bonamassa’s 7-date regional arena tour in March 2018, Joe’s upcoming Hampton Court Palace concert will showcase material from Joe’s vast catalogue including songs from his studio albums Blues of Desperation and Driving Towards the Daylight, plus new songs.
The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission is to honor and share the life, spirit and legacy of Les Paul through the generations has announced multi-GRAMMY™ Award winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist, Nile Rodgers, to be honored with the third annual Les Paul Spirit Award at this year’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The award will be presented to Rodgers on Saturday, June 9th, 2018, the same day Les Paul would have turned 103 years old. Previous recipients of the prestigious Les Paul Spirit Award were Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir (2016) and U2’s The Edge (2017).
The festivities begin with an in-depth look at one of the band’s most influential works, taking viewers behind the scenes and into the studio as Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie discuss the creative process behind Rumours in Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours. An encore broadcast of Classic Albums will air at 6:30pE. The GRAMMY®-nominated 1986 concert Stevie Nicks: Rock A Little follows at 2pE
The Sunday Night Rocks AXS TV celebration begins with back-to-back episodes of the acclaimed music documentary series Rock Legends, compiling rare archive footage, classic performances, and interviews with noted music critics to give views an insightful and in-depth look at the unparalleled careers of punk rock pioneers Blondie at 8pE, and nine-time Grammy-winning folk songstress Joni Mitchell at 8:30pE.
Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nash burst on to the scene during the British Invasion with The Hollies before he formed the legendary supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1968 with David Crosby and Stephen Stills. As Nash prepares to launch a European tour in July, Rhino looks back at some of his best-known recordings from the past 50 years in a new anthology featuring more than a dozen unreleased demos and mixes.
Stephen Stills and Judy Collins will hit the road again this spring in support of last year’s ‘Everybody Knows,’ a riveting ten-song collection that breathes new life into a trove of gems from their five-decade intertwined history. The duo, who just performed together alongside Neil Young, Patti Smith, Sheryl Crow, Burt Bacharach, Beck, and others at Stills’ 5th Light Up the Blues benefit concert for Autism Speaks, will kick off the tour in Eugene, OR on May 3, with dates continuing through June across the country.
Before playing its final show on May 5, 1968, Buffalo Springfield released three studio albums on ATCO during an intense, two-year creative burst. Those albums – Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield Again, and Last Time Around – have been newly remastered from the original analog tapes under the auspices of Neil Young for the new boxed set: What’s That Sound? The Complete Albums Collection.
Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano captures Elton John during his smash Caesar’s Palace residency in Las Vegas, putting his unparalleled showmanship on full display as he blazes through a comprehensive set featuring beloved hits such as “Benny And The Jets,” “Levon,” “Rocket Man,” “Your Song,” “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting,” and many more.
“The world had changed a lot since 2012,” Mraz says. “More people are marching for their freedoms and equality; to be seen and heard. Activism is back in style. I wrote a lot of frustrated, angry, even sad songs between then and now, but nothing I wanted to come forward with; nothing I wanted to sing.
Tommy Shaw, James “JY” Young, and Lawrence Gowan of the chart-topping rockers STYX sit down with Dan Rather for a revealing conversation, as they open up about the driving force that compels them to continue touring and performing in these exclusive looks at an all-new episode of The Big Interview—airing Tuesday, April 17 at 9pE/6pP. In addition, Shaw and Young explain to Rather their rocky relationship with former STYX frontman Dennis DeYoung.
