Roger Andrew Taylor (born 26 April 1960) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the new wave music band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985, and again from 2001 onwards. Duran Duran have sold over 100 million records worldwide. He is not to be confused with...
Conference:NPR’s Ann Powers moderated “The Way Back Home: How Musicians Navigate Race and Borders,” a multi-artist keynote featuring musician Youssou N’Dour and others, at the school’s Pop Conference in April. Occidental College Los Angeles Occidental College in March hosted “Warner Music ...
It highlights the recording debut of the brilliant title track, Matryoshka Blues, composed for Russian-born virtuoso Misha Quint by American jazz musician and composer Nathan Davis. The work is comprised of different layers of sound in many variations. Internationally-known pianist Svetlana Gorokhovich...
Their self-titled album in 1975 and “Rumours” in 1977 skyrocketed Fleetwood Mac to the highest ladder of rock and fame. Their live performances were talked about long after they were over, with each musician bringing electric energy to the stage and having a c...
Nick Glennie-Smith (born 3 October 1951) is an English film score composer, conductor, and musician who is a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing to scores including that of the Academy Award-nominated 1994 animated film The Lion King, the 1996 action film The Rock,...
From the first pulsating note, its evident what Billy Gibbons is delivering on “My Lucky Card”: pure, unfiltered blues rock. That comes as no surprise considering the bearded musician is best known as the frontman of the legendary trioZZ Top. But the fact that Gibbons, now 71, can still...
He set out on a quest to be a musician of the highest quality he could possibly attain — and an agent of needed change in the world. Go Against the Odds The first leg of the journey took Pogacnik in an unexpected direction — to a place that became for him a classroom of ...
committed on the father’s fiftieth birthday. As a musician, he’s run the gamut from recording for a young Richard Branson to gluing together his own self-pressed LPs—and those experiences took place pretty close to each other. If you’re especially interested in the Hampton Grease Band’...
From the first pulsating note, its evident what Billy Gibbons is delivering on “My Lucky Card”: pure, unfiltered blues rock. That comes as no surprise considering the bearded musician is best known as the frontman of the legendary trioZZ Top. But the fact that Gibbons, now 71, can still...
From the first pulsating note, its evident what Billy Gibbons is delivering on “My Lucky Card”: pure, unfiltered blues rock. That comes as no surprise considering the bearded musician is best known as the frontman of the legendary trioZZ Top. But the fact that Gibbons, now 71, can still...