We have our answer as to how Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt would honor James Gandolfini
Watch the trailer for a new documentary about one of the first black punk bands
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck has passed away at age 91.
The Band drummer Levon Helm has passed away at age 71 today.
One of the saddest things we’ve had to report on Hidden Track.
Gerard Smith, bassist for Brooklyn’s TV on the Radio, has passed away at the way too young age of 34 after a battle with lung cancer. Smith had been sitting out
Today we continue our look back at the year that was with a list of 10 Great Musicians We Lost in 2010. We’ll feel the loss of these innovative artists for years to come and we wanted to pay our respects once more.
1. Captain Beefheart (1941 – 2010)
Playlist: Six-Part BBC Documentary
Don “Captain Beefheart” Van Vilet, rock legend and artist, died from complications from multiple sclerosis last Friday. Captain Beefheart was an experimental musician who never conformed to anyone’s standards except his own right up until the time he left the industry in 1982 to focus on creating visual art. High school classmate Frank Zappa saw Van Vilet’s brilliance early on and signed the Captain to his Straight Records. Zappa produced the seminal double-album Trout Mask Replica in 1969, which landed the number 58 slot on Rolling Stone’s 2003 list of the 500 Best Albums of All-Time.
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