Bob Neuwirth, Revisited: T Bone Burnett and Paula Batson on Giving the Legendary Songwriter His Due With a Transformed Version of His Debut Album
Songwriter Bob Neuwirth's 1974 debut has gotten a transformative remix to make it the record it should have been, as discussed by T Bone Burnett.
Movie Flashback: ‘Pillow Talk,’ Starring Doris Day And Rock Hudson, Turns 65
"Pillow Talk," the romantic comedy starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson, opened on this day in 59. It turns 65.
Beabadoobee’s ‘Beaches’ Are Better on ‘Kimmel’
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, pop rocker Beabadoobe performed "Beaches," a standout from her third album, 'This Is How Tomorrow Moves'
Dame Maggie Smith 'burst into tears' in first-ever performance at school
Dame Maggie Smith's neighbour, Jackie Nelson, 91, recalls how her 'shy but nice' friend read a Scottish poem at school, but was left in tears while the rest of the class howled with laughter
Joni Mitchell’s Latest Archives: Hop In, We’re Traveling to the Late Seventies
From the Rolling Thunder Revue to 'Mingus,' 'Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980)' offers a bird's-eye view into the genius' creative process.
Nick Cave: ‘Joy Is an Emotion That Understands the Nature of Loss’
Nick Cave discusses his new album, 'Wild God,' as well as the influences Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson, and Anita Lane have had on him.
Q&A: RZA on the nostalgic origins of his first classical album, 'A Ballet Through Mud'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — RZA’s hoarding habit led to his newest adventure in music: a ballet and surprisingly traditional classical album he calls “A Ballet Through Mud.”Early in the pandemic, the 55-year-old Wu-Tang Clan founder, born Robert Diggs, was rummaging through a bag of old spiral notebooks he found in his library. He pulled out a blue Mead notebook full of rhymes, phone numbers and movie ideas that he’d written as a teenager growing up in Staten Island.Looking through the books, a series of storytelling raps stood out — ones that he’d deemed too “immature” to use when he started his first group with cousins Russell Jones and Gary Grice, who later took the names Ol’ Dirty Bastard and GZA/Genius.He’d been studying music theory for years and had already composed the scores to 10 films. So, noodling along on the keyboard, he began crafting melodies that matched the emotions of one of his teenage rhyme-stories about six friends, “Joe Is A Nerd.” Was it an opera, potentially? He kept going, finding further inspiration…
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