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Updated Sept. 18, 2024 at 11:20 a.m. Jimi Hendrix died on this day in 1970 from an accidental drug overdose. He was found unconscious in his London apartment and was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to the hospital. Who was Jimi Hendrix? Jimi Hendrix was a renowned American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is […]
Updated August 15, 2024 at 8:50 a.m. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, mostly known as Woodstock, opened on this day in 1969. The famous music event took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, in the United States. How many people attended Woodstock? Estimates vary, but it is believed that approximately 400,000 […]
Updated April 21, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. Iggy Pop was born on this day in 1947 in Michigan. He is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor known for his influential career in rock music, particularly his work with the punk rock band The Stooges in the late 1960s and early 1970s. How did Iggy […]
Sales of vinyl have tripled in the past five years in France, and Paris trails only Tokyo. In this age of dematerialization, LPs symbolize a return to a ceremonial approach to music, a taste for beautiful objects and a desire to give and collect.
With the electric guitar in full revival thanks to the pandemic, the mythical Fender brand is reviving the glory days of rock and roll stars. Taking advantage of free time during lockdown, many Americans discovered their passion for the classic six-string.
Johnny Hallyday is perhaps the most American icon France has ever produced. Dubbed the “French Elvis’, the late rocker put a je-ne-sais-quoi touch on a quintessentially U.S. musical genre, gave himself a Yankee stage name and wore leather and faded Levi’s. And bien sûr, his motorcycle of choice was a Harley-Davidson. Still, Hallyday, who died […]
C / G / A flat / E flat … Any French traveler hearing these instantly-recognizable four notes would know to listen up and pay attention, as the official jingle for the country’s SNCF railway company typically precedes announcements of trains leaving or arriving, platform changes, and all too often … delays. But back in […]
Before he became a celebrated photojournalist of war and conflict, Stanley Greene produced The Western Front, a unique documentation of the San Francisco’s punk scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Here is a memorable shot, and Greene’s memories of the moment, as Bonnie Hayes hits the right note at the right moment. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/embed/5sntNncH7Lk expand=1] OneShot — Queen of the night, 1977 (©Stanley Greene/NOOR) OneShot is a new digital format to tell the story of a single photograph in an immersive one-minute video. Follow OneShot:
At a time when crime and violence peaked in Colombia’s second city, some young people sought refuge in the rough, head-banging vibe of punk music.
The only thing more impressive than beholding the ancient troglodyte structures of Turkey’s Cappadocia region, was realizing that yes, some people still actually lived in them!
There are around 20 to 25 metal bands active across Egypt. Though their concerts are increasingly rare and their audiences small, the fans they do have are passionate about the music, Cairo-based website Mada Masr reports. “I was a metalhead since I was born,” Sherif Tarek, 24, told Mada Masr. “I’m a very hardcore metalhead.” […]
Photo: Mathi et Mathi. No one quite masters the art of whining and complaining like the French, which means the world’s ultimate râleurs and blasés find the deepest kind of pleasure in cursing. Some French musicians have now taken it to the next level, singing songs essentially based around the use of the word “merde”, […]
Two guitars, a bass and a set of drums. Brazilian post-rock band HAB might follow the standard rock line-up, but their percussive, minimalist and repetitive music sounds nothing like the usual pop/rock quartet you might hear on the radio. Their eponymous debut album, released earlier this year, features very little effects and only one track […]
In many countries, musicians were Latin America’s leading social critics and political activists of the late 20th century. Not anymore.
BEIJING — Before 2000, public space in China dedicated exclusively to young people was basically non-existent. Rock-loving youngsters, for example, had nowhere to go except for a few small, dark bars. Woodstock represented an unattainable dream. But times have changed since then. First the Midi Music Festival, one of China’s largest rock music festivals, was […]
A view from Italy, where the Protestant revival-style musical festival never had a chance…
REUTERS, NME Worldcrunch Ray Manzarek, keyboard player and founder member of the 1960s rock band The Doors died late Monday aged 74, following a battle with cancer. Manzarek, who lived in Northern California’s Napa Valley wine country for the past decade, had been seeking treatment for bile duct cancer at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, […]
This musical and cultural project in Switzerland aims to redefine the very essence of the creative process.
Worldcrunch NEW YORK – Former Beatle Paul McCartney will perform with Nirvana’s Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic at 12.12.12 benefit gig for Superstorm Sandy. Here is an imaginary mashup setlist of the songs they might play tonight in New York: 1- Smells Like The Walrus 2- Come As Lady Madonna 3- Lucy In The Sky […]