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John Lennon - Guitar Pioneer Bert Weedon Dies

4672 days ago
ContactMusicPioneering guitarist Bert Weedon who was credited as a major influence on a generation of rockers including John Lennon Eric Clapton and Brian May has died at the age of 91 Weedon was the first British guitarist to have a hit on the U K singles chart... more info

Levon Helm

4673 days ago
Guardian MusicDrummer with the Band whose career stretched in many other directions has died of cancer aged 71A shorthand way of describing Levon Helm, who has died of cancer aged 71, would be as the drummer with the Band. This would have made him eminent enough, ... more info

Like the Marshall amp, music performs a kind of alchemy

4680 days ago
Guardian Music It makes life sound louder, look louder, feel louderEarlier this week, Rolling Stone magazine posted on its website a cover of the Arcade Fire song Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun.Covering Arcade Fire is a dau... more info

Readers recommend: songs about chocolate – results

4680 days ago
Guardian MusicAn RR a day helps you work, rest and playChocolate makes for a rich metaphor. It's sweet, it melts, it's velvety and smooth – it's the most sexual of sweet stuffs. Its colour, too, lends it resonance – though only in the hands of black artists. S... more info

Jim Marshall: 'They call me the Father of Loud'

4682 days ago
Guardian MusicShortly before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about his debt to Hendrix and Spinal Tap – and his final invention, the one-watt ampAt the Marshall amplifier f... more info

Noel Gallagher Features On Recreated Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album Sleeve

4690 days ago
Stopcryingyourheartout.comBritish artist Sir Peter Blake has recreated the iconic album sleeve for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on his 80th birthday."It's a cross I bear, it's an albatross I have to deal with," he says.It is a fairly stark, somewhat surpr... more info

Celebrity Birthdays - March 30, 2012

4693 days ago
StarpulseHappy Birthday to: Cream guitarist Eric Clapton (1945) Actress Cassie Scerbo (1990) Actress Allie Gonino (1990) Singer Anna Nalick (1984) Actor Jason Dohring (1982) Jazz singer Norah Jones ... more info

Old music: Blondie – Heart of Glass

4697 days ago
Guardian MusicIt's easy now to see that when rock and disco clashed, disco won. But records like this suggest we should have realised a whole lot earlier It happened earlier this month as I piloted a tiny rented car across Lanzarote, regaled by the awful playlist ... more info

Eric Clapton Spends Millions On Custom Ferrari

4698 days ago
StarpulseMotor-mad rocker Eric Clapton has spent a staggering $4.8 million on a custom-made Ferrari to add to his collection. The British guitarist, a renowned car collector, teamed up with designers at th... more info

Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton Spends Millions On Custom Ferrari

4699 days ago
ContactMusicMotor-mad rocker Eric Clapton has spent a staggering 4 8 million 3 million on a custom-made Ferrari to add to his collection The British guitarist a renowned car collector teamed up with designers at the Italian manufacturers Special Projects divis..... more info

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