Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest guitarist in history by Rolling Stone magazine. The revered music publication put the Purple Haze legend ahead of Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin star Jimmy...

Legendary rocker Chuck Berry has been immortalized in his native St. Louis, Missouri with a statue bearing his likeness. The "Johnny B. Goode" icon appeared at the University City Loop area on Fri...

Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry is resting at home after suffering a bout of exhaustion which led to his collapse on stage in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday night. The 84-year-old music icon gave...

Bob Dylan's 1965 hit Like A Rolling Stone has topped a new list of the Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone magazine editors and contributors have spent months piecing together the ultimate ...

Happy Birthday to: High School Musical star Zac Efron (1987) Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto (1984) R&B star Ne-Yo (1982) Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960) ...

It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steve Winwood, recently named one of Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time," will ring in the New Year with a series of East Coast concert performance...

The story of the blues in 1950s Chicago is told in Sony BMG Film's Cadillac Records, a musical drama written and directed by TV veteran Darnell Martin. The film stars Adrien Brody as Chess Records ...

Armoury Records, distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment, released one mighty molten metal blast of good CD cheer: We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year. It's an all-star assemb...

Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & M...

Rock legend Chuck Berry is facing legal action from concert promoters in Spain after canceling two sold-out shows in the country at the weekend. The Johnny B. Goode star was due to play in the...

Rock legend Ted Nugent will celebrate America's Independence Day in style by performing his 6,000th concert. Nugent will head home to Detroit, Michigan for the landmark show - part of his 50th tour...

Kid Rock is refusing to put his albums on internet music store iTunes - because he is not paid enough to do so. The rocker has accused executives at owners Apple of not paying musicians enough...

Barbra Streisand is in negotiations to offer aid and support to Barack Obama as he campaigns to become America's next President. The legendary diva's spokeswoman has confirmed that Streisand ...

Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" has topped a new list of the best Guitar Songs of all time. The 1958 rock 'n' roll classic beat Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and "Crossroads" by Cream to claim the n...

"Hats off to Chuck any time! He's 81 at least. Sure there are a few rough edges between us, but that's because he knows I'm better than him. But I'm not." The Rolling Stones star Keith Richards has...

The legendary singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood has signed a new deal with Columbia Records who will release the artist's highly-anticipated new major label album, "Nine Lives,"...

Rapper-turned-actor Mos Def is set to take on the character of legendary rocker Chuck Berry in forthcoming biopic movie Cadillac Records. The movie is set in 1950's Chicago and follows the t...

I recently started thinking about the best songs about girls with every letter of the alphabet, regardless of whether or not the subject of the song is the same as the title. This project became a ...

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is charging fans $1,000 each to watch her ring in the New Year at Miami, Florida's The Setai. The singer will perform songs from the hit film at a New Year's Eve party....

Brian May of Queen "I have spent all my years in believing you, But I just can't get no relief, Lord!" A Composer, a songwriter, an amazing guitarist and he's got the best hair on earth! Wha...

The world's best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, rings in the holiday season with the digital release debut of two of its multi-platinum holiday collections, NOW T...

Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & M...

As a film junkie and music geek I always look forward to seeing what songs directors will put in certain scenes to create the right mood. Finding the perfect song isn't always easy. The song has to...

Legendary rocker Chuck Berry once mistook his opening group, which featured a young Johnny Depp, for his backing band - and asked the actor to tune his guitar for him. Depp was just 17 when his ba...

Habital listeners of the Grateful Dead's live recordings are known for their ability to identify the year of a performance by listening to just a few notes. But for even the most "dead"icated liste...

2006 was a great year in the entertainment world; however, let us not forget those who entertained us for generations but have moved on. We look back on those entertainers and cultural icons who le...

After years of admiring each other's musical masterworks and Clapton covers of Cale songs such as "After Midnight" and "Cocaine," guitar greats J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton have teamed up for the fir...

Happy Birthday to jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (1944), Belgian martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (1956), Indian actor Om Puri (1950), Mork & M...