The Complete Clapton is an amazing book. It’s a surprisingly insightful look at the legend and the man behind the music. Highly recommended.

Liverpool 8 is Ringo’s 14th solo album, which is available today.
ringostarr.com

Ringo Starr starts off the new year with a new single called “Liverpool 8″ from his new album, which is due to be released this week.
Ringo and his band just recently performed the new single at the opening of the city of Liverpool’s celebration as European Capital of Culture.  Fellow Beatle Paul McCartney will join […]

There’s a really cool story about the famous upright bass that belonged to Bill Black, who played bass for Elvis back in the mid-fifties. He was only with Elvis for a few years, but he also had his own group that played at different clubs around Memphis.
Black died in 1965, but his daughter tracked […]

My friend Mark found these video of I Mother Earth on YouTube.  He says they have a very Tool sound on the vocals.  The band has really great bass and drums too.
“No Coma”
“One More Astronaut”
“Raspberry”
“Rain Will Fall”
“Like the Sun”
I Mother Earth on wikipedia

Kylie Minogue & Paul McCartney perform together during Jools Holland’s annual BBC Hootenanny New Year’s Special.

Texas radio used to be cool years ago when FM stations like KISS would play an entire side of Pink Floyd or KZEW played all the long versions and maybe some lost tracks you’ve never heard. It was called progressive country or rock, underground FM or pirate radio.
A big influence came from KEXL, who […]

I just read in Billboard.biz that Radiohead’s new album ‘In Rainbows’ will be their first release available from iTunes.  However, the band’s EMI catalog is still out of Apple’s reach.   Sure looks like their controversal download approach and online pricing structure didn’t hurt the new album.  It’s probably going to debut at Number One on […]

The tip of the ol’ iceberg…some new releases that caught my eye (and ears:)
CD:
Radiohead “In Rainbows”

Drive-By Truckers “Brighter Than Creation’s Dark”
Vangelis “El Greco” (Import soundtrack from the international film)
DVD:
Scorpions “Live at Wacken Open Air 2006″