Oct 18 McCartney, Swift to induct new members into Rock Hall By Associated Press Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift will induct newcomers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during its annual ceremony, set for Cleveland on Oct. 30. Continue reading
Oct 18 Posthumous Chuck Berry live album to be released in December By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press "Live From Blueberry Hill" is taken from performances recorded between July 2005 and January 2006 at Blueberry Hill café in St. Louis, one of Berry's favorite places to play. Continue reading
Oct 18 British Museum to display the world’s oldest map of stars By Associated Press The British Museum says it will display what it says is the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars in a major upcoming exhibition on the Stonehenge stone circle. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 5:23 Stevie Van Zandt’s new memoir documents his life in music and show business By Christopher Booker To call Stevie Van Zandt a renaissance man may be a bit of an understatement. He’s in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, was an E Street Band guitarist, an actor, an activist and a producer Van Zandt joins… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch 8:33 Lost to history, Questlove documentary brings iconic 1969 concert back to life By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet In the summer of 1969 cameras captured a series of concerts in Harlem featuring artists who would go on to become musical legends, like Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Gladys Knight. But for decades no one was interested in the… Continue watching
Oct 15 Van Gogh artwork looted by Nazis to be auctioned in New York By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Christie's is auctioning the 1888 work, "Wheatstacks," after facilitating negotiations between the Texas oilman's heirs who own it now and the heirs of two Jewish art collectors who owned it before it was looted by the Nazis. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 5:48 Film and TV workers are on the verge of a massive strike. Here’s why Tens of thousands of American film industry workers are preparing for a possible strike Monday that could stop production of movies and shows nationwide as The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union tries to negotiate better working conditions and… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 6:04 Industrial sites often create toxic waste. Julie Bargmann uses it to transform landscapes By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet Landscape architect Julie Bargmann, a woman who has made a career of turning toxic and industrial sites into usable, community spaces, has won the first prize of its kind in landscape architecture. Jeffrey Brown has more for our arts and… Continue watching
Oct 14 Gary Paulsen, celebrated children’s author, dies at 82 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Paulsen received the Newbery Honor prize for "Hatchet," "The Winter Room" and "Dogsong," a story about a young native Alaskan in search of a simpler past. Continue reading
Oct 14 Shredded Banksy artwork sells for $25.4 million at auction By Associated Press A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million has sold again for $25.4 million at an auction on Thursday. Continue reading