Omara Moctar, aka Bombino, is a songwriter from Niger. Influenced by rock icons like Santana and Jimi Hendrix.
Questlove remembers the moment he called D'Angelo and asked him to make his first U.S. concert appearance in 12 years on June 9th, for the drummer's late-night Super Jam at Bonnaroo.
The estate of Jimi Hendrix has released a new statement speaking out against a biopic purported to star Outkast's André 3000 as the iconic guitarist.
André 3000 is set to star in "All Is by My Side," the long-awaited Jimi Hendrix biopic, according to the Irish Film and Television Network.
Sad? Unbearably so. Shocking? Unfortunately, no.
The next issue of Rolling Stone -- on stands and in the digital archive on May 13th -- celebrates Bob Dylan's 70th birthday (happening on May 24th) by ranking his 70 greatest songs.
Patti Smith won the 2010 National Book Award in the nonfiction category for her memoir "Just Kids."
"Sing it if you know it," Pavement's Stephen Malkmus told the crowd Sunday night in Brooklyn, on the Williamsburg Waterfront, as the band prepared to play "Stop Breathing." Then he added, "I tell myself that before every song. 'Sing it like you know it! Be the ball! Be the snare, Steve!'"
It used to be that air guitar was the exclusive domain of zit-faced teenage boys in the privacy of their rooms -- and maybe that's where it should have stayed.
Contestants rock out with air guitars as they compete to become the "UK Air Guitar Champion."
Fashion models have often been accused of being beautiful, but plastic. On one block in the heart of Manhattan, they really are.
The first rejection came in a letter on his camp bunk bed. It took only four words to sting the little boy's heart.
Need a little therapy to get you through the holidays? Singer Robin Thicke hopes you'll consider a little therapy of the -- ahem -- sexual kind.
Singer Robin Thicke gets steamy on his new album "Sex Therapy." He talks to CNN's Shanon Cook.
Is reggae superstar Bob Marley bigger than Jesus? That's debatable, but the music legend who died 28 years ago is about to challenge Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson for the title of richest dead celebrity.
Happy Labor Day weekend. Or for the 1.5 million of you out there (including me) estimated to be taking a plane somewhere, good luck in the airport.
A modest movie pinned to a generational landmark, the latest curve ball from "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee is a gentle coming-of-age, coming-out comedy set against the epochal music festival.
For his new film, Ang Lee is "Taking Woodstock." Take a look at what the cast has to say.
Cheryl Morse was 19 years old when she hitchhiked more than 700 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Bethel, New York. She was determined to make it to the Woodstock music festival.
CNN producer Jessica Ellis talks about the Woodstock images from iReporters. Mark Goff was a freelance photographer.
For most rockers and aging hippies the 40th anniversary of Woodstock this weekend will mark a happy occasion.
Glastonbury festival held in Somerset, England every year is the world's biggest open air arts and music festival.
At the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, some of the best music happens miles from the Fairgrounds, hours after the crowds have gone and the last of the crawfish bread has been consumed.
The souvenir booth at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival said it all.
Scott grew up in Texas and has lived in Seattle for 11 years. He runs the Central District News blog, which keeps tabs on the news in Quincy Jones's old neighborhood. Here he gives CNN the lowdown on life in Seattle.
Here's what I see as I cross the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue: a sleek woman in to-die-for jeans speaking a language I can't pin down; an iPod-toting jogger with shopping bags from a tony store; a model (or she should be) in knee-high boots and a thigh-high skirt. It's like a well-cast movie -- all the elements fit like a study in big-city fashion.
Seattle's character and history are closely linked to its waterside location, so it makes sense to start your sightseeing at the Waterfront.
A guitar burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles' first contract with Brian Epstein are up for sale
After over 30 years of rocking out, the English trio sings their swan song at Madison Square Garden
Time.com: Janis Ianupdated: Thu Aug 07 2008 11:00:00
A talk with the singer-songwriter and author of a new memoir, Society's Child.
Troubled pop star Amy Winehouse spent the night in a London hospital after suffering a reaction to a medication she was taking at home Monday night, according to her spokeswoman.
Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness is being provided for the latest Guitar Hero video game
Artist Alton Kelley, who created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock scene, has died. He was 67
CNNMoney: An oily messupdated: Wed Apr 23 2008 12:51:00
There is a good case to be made that the worst of the credit crunch is behind us. And that should be good news for the markets and economy.
iReporter David Alvarez created a mosaic of Jimi Hendrix out of playing cards.
Some call him "the Post-it Note Boy," after the 10-foot tall Ray Charles mosaic he made out of those sticky colored squares last summer.
Claims that this year's Glastonbury music festival will be the last have been denied by a spokesperson.
Seahawks defensive tackle Craig Terrill plays guitar in a band called The Strangers and is in his fourth NFL season. The 27-year-old majored in journalism and has written pieces for Gold and Black Illustrated and The Spokesman Review.
The '60s Fab Five lend their music to two quirky new movies. Richard Corliss is both bored and enthralled
Phil Hansen would not consider himself a performance artist, though time-lapse videos capturing his artistry in action have generated a lot of buzz online.
Artist Phil Hansen talks to Catherine Callaway about how he sidesteps the galleries and brings his art to the Internet.
Living fast and dying young has long been part of rock 'n' roll lore.
CD minisystems have long been a staple of kitchens and bedrooms everywhere.
Business 2.0: Pickin' and winnin'updated: Mon Jul 03 2006 07:08:00
When Aaron Madsen isn't installing garage door openers or recording aspiring musicians in his home studio, he can often be found poking around in pawnshops, looking for guitars.
What makes great music great? The late Clash singer Joe Strummer once offered a theory about what doesn't: ''It ain't about playing the right f---ing chord, for a start,'' quoth Saint Joe, making the point that passion trumps technical perfection.
It's a year that could be called "Bob Dylan Revisited."
CNNMoney: Follow the wealthupdated: Fri Mar 25 2005 15:26:00
When Jimi Hendrix sang, "You better save it, babe. Save it for your rainy day," from his hit "Fire," he probably wasn't trying to dispense lasting financial advice to the throngs at Woodstock.
Pete Hamill's Manhattan never gets old.
What are the greatest hits' greatest hits?
As a courtroom battle rages over the multimillion-dollar estate of legendary guitar guru Jimi Hendrix, some family members are speaking out that the 1960s icon barely knew his inheritor, stepsister Janie Hendrix.
Just imagine that in 1998 you ignored your stockbroker's recommendation to buy Level3, Inktomi, and Theglobe.com. Instead you blew $50,000 in hard-earned cash on a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ele...
If you've ever wanted to take a bath with Mr. T (and who hasn't?), rejoice: Celebriducks have arrived. These tub toys--rubber ducks modeled after famous humans, from Queen Elizabeth I to James Brow...
Fortune: The Playlistupdated: Mon Nov 12 2001 00:01:00
Jonathan Richman Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow Vapor Records
Charity. Philanthropy. Noblesse oblige. Giving back. You can feel the difference. The first three phrases are rooted in old European traditions: wealthy folks, from the privacy of their estates, gi...
From Interstate 5, two miles away, it looks like a puddle of metal, or maybe a crashed and melted space shuttle later attacked by graffitists. But after creeping through traffic in a nondescript Se...
"THE EVERLASTING FIRST," BY LOVE. Originally appeared on False Start (Blue Thumb); now available from online CD stores on the Rhino boxed set Love Story 1966-1972
Texas Tornados Live From the Limo, Volume 1 Virgin/Frontera Records
Okay, so this Rustbelt city isn't Nashville or Woodstock or even Motown. Elvis first rolled his pelvis thousands of miles away, and about the best-known band to spring up hereabouts was the nerdy i...
It looks like chicken: plump and plain and vaguely unpleasant. It feels like chicken and smells like chicken. And not surprisingly it tastes like chicken--which is to say, it tastes like whatever s...
THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE OF TODAY'S CDS BUT HOLD less than a tenth as many songs (one per side) and have a fraction of the sound clarity. Still, 45-rpm records are proving to be sweet music to nostal...
The combination of Spielberg, Katzenberg, and Geffen might well be the greatest collection of talent since Jordan, Johnson, and Bird hit the hardwood together in the 1992 Olympics, but investors in...
A constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget was little more than a gleam in the eye of fiscal conservatives a few months ago. Now it's moving through Congress like chicken pox in a kin...
Maybe it's because we grew up in an era of unprecedented economic expansion and mass affluence. Or maybe it's because our parents defeated Hitler and clearly expected something equally big of us. I...
Fortune: WHAT TO BUY IN '91updated: Mon Jan 14 1991 00:01:00
Will a poster of Jimi Hendrix ever hang side by side with a Monet? Probably not. But it may prove a better investment. While prices for impressionist paintings, classic cars, and other hot sellers ...
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