Allen Toussaint: 1938-2015
He practically died on-stage in Madrid, an appropriate ending to a rich, music-filled life.
Allen Toussaint, a renowned and influential New Orleans r&b and soul legend, has passed away following a he... Read More...
Former Napster COO Hit and Killed By Police Car While Biking
On Sunday afternoon Napster's former COO Milton Olin was hit by a sheriff deputy's patrol car while biking in Calabasas, California.
The car and the bike were headed in the same direction, the officer was on... Read More...
Grooveshark Executive Violently Murdered Over the Weekend…
Grooveshark Director of International Sales Eddy Vasquez was fatally shot and killed over the weekend, the result of what appears to have been an argument gone horribly wrong. According to police details and... Read More...
Lou Reed: 1942-2013…
"The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band."
Brian Eno.
Reed passed away Sunday, the result of complications from a liver transplant undertaken in ... Read More...
RIP Legendary Jazz Keyboardist George Duke
Legendary Jazz Keyboardist George Duke passed away yesterday at 67 years old after a battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Duke was unable to make music for a while after his wife died of cancer a little o... Read More...
RIP Mick Farren…
Counter-culture icon, musician, journalist, and author Mick Farren passed away Saturday night at the age of 69 when he collapsed on stage during a performance with his band The Deviants at the Atomic Sunshine F... Read More...
Phil Ramone, 1934-2013…
Ramone, one of the most important producers, technologists, and talents in modern music, succumbed to an aortic aneurism early Saturday morning. He was 79.
Ramone's list of accomplishments are almost supern... Read More...
Country Star Mindy McCready Commits Suicide…
She sang fun, gender-challenging country hits, but also poured her heart into depressing ballads. Perhaps the latter was more genuine: late Sunday night, authorities found Mindy McCready dead on her front porch... Read More...
The Artists We Lost In 2012…
Adam Yauch
August 5th, 1964 – May 4th, 2012
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The Bloodbath Begins at EMI…
The rumblings on this started ahead of the July 4th holiday, as first reported by Digital Music News. And the initial chop involved least 5 'top A&R' and 'senior VP' executives at EMI Music Publishing, acco... Read More...
Donna Summer: 1948-2012
Another member of disco's royalty has passed; Donna Summer was 63.
Dubbed the 'Queen of Disco,' Summer was a critical ingredient of a 70s hit-machine, and part of a decade defined by billowy hair, extended dan... Read More...
Steve Jobs: What an Asshole
If nice guys finish last, then perhaps Steve Jobs is the type of guy who finishes first.
We've been thumbing through the just-released Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, one that profiles a relentless perfec... Read More...
