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Iggy Pop sings three tracks on Loneliness Road, the new record by Jamie Saft's jazz trio, including the bassist Steve Swallow and the drummer Bobby Previte, major figures in American improvised music. This is not a simulacrum of jazz, a high-voltage jam band, a PBS tie-in, or a promise owed to a manager. It is a rock personage deciding to invest time and energy into a record of improvised, first-take […]

"Dromoi Sto Fos - Horizon", a new single for the International Foundation for Greece performed by amazing Vasilis Lekkas. Music by Panagiotis Stergiou. Lyrics by Maria Papadaki. Available at: iTunes Spotify Google Play Deezer Microsoft Store Watch the Official Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiog0ohs6xA  

Robert Plant made an appearance Tuesday night at London's Royal Albert Hall during a performance by violinist Nigel Kennedy to sing Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" and cover "Hey Joe." The gig, a gala concert, had been billed as Nigel Kennedy and Friends and otherwise featured mostly classical performers. Fan site LedZepNews captured audio of Plant's songs. Prior to singing "Kashmir" for the first time since Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion at London's O2 […]

Move aside, Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney — a new, even more unlikely Beatles-related trio is on the scene. This week John Lennon’s son Sean posted a song on SoundCloud that he said he wrote “years ago” with the late Carrie Fisher, who died in December. The “little tune,” called “Bird Song,” is a delicate piano ballad featuring vocals from Willow Smith, whom Lennon called a “prodigal angel” with […]