She’s right about the importance of this period for the band. Not only have they been given the opportunity of a lifetime to open for their heroes this summer, when NME meets them in London, they’re ...

Those with careers in the music biz usually stand on one side of a dividing line. You’re either on the artistic side or you’re on the business side. Rare is the individual whose experience finds he or ...

The youngsters in the LA-based band Rocket have a lovely take on the kind of fuzzy, hooky alternative rock that must’ve been coming out before anyone in the band was born. This fall, they’ll release ...

The co-founder of a legendary rock band is dead at age 77. Bobby Whitlock, the keyboard player and vocalist who formed Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton, died Sunday, his manager told Variety. A ...

Whitlock was born on March 18, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee, and did not exactly have an easy start in life. Money was tight, and the neighborhood was rough. But music is what saved him. As a teenager, ...

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Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Bobby Whitlock, best known as the keyboardist for Eric Clapton's blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, has died. He was 77. Whitlock died early Sunday morning, ...

The song peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and appeared in films such as ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Grudge Match.’ By McKinley Franklin Derek A.E. Fuhrmann, an ASCAP Pop Award recipient ...

LSU baseball star Derek Curiel was unhappy that his normal walk-up song was not allowed to be played as the Tigers made a run to a national title at the College World Series. Curiel spoke with WAFB TV ...

Britpop icon Robbie Williams has released a new song, "Rocket," featuring Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame. "Rocket" will be part of Williams' upcoming album, aptly titled Britpop. It will be released ...

There are plenty of bands right now that sound plucked out of the ’90s, but Rocket are one of the best doing it. The Los Angeles band is even getting ready to open for Smashing Pumpkins in the UK this ...

One of the most prolific jazz guitarists in L.A. was Barney Kessel. In the late 1950s, he was recording for Contemporary. The beauty of the label, in addition to the sterling taste and impeccable ...