I only saw this when flicking through the guide - tonight is Johnny Cash night on BBC4. I'll be Sky+ing them 21:00 Johnny Cash: The Story of Folsom Prison Documentary exploring Johnny Cash's concert at Folsom State Prison in California in 1968. 22:00 Later with Jools Holland and Johnny Cash Jools Holland plays host to the Man in Black, who performs a selection of his classics. (R) 22:30 Best of the...
Who would attend your fantasy dinner party? My wife, her parents, Loretta Lynn, Cliff Richard, Gloria Hunniford, plus family and friends. We'd eat garlic prawns, steak a
So, all you need for a performance to be judged as good is that “everyone’s talking about it the next day”? Well, maybe Ozzy Osborne should appear and bite the head of a bat again? Or maybe the Dixie Chicks should strip down to bikinis and bathe in a wading pool on stage? Heck, people would talk about that! Maybe Loretta Lynn should shave her head bald on stage. People would be talking...
Sometimes harking back to the family home and the parental parents is also a way of regretting how times have changed for the worse. I happen to have an example to hand - Loretta Lynn saying 'They Don't Make 'Em...
Has any artist this decade been busier than Jack White? The past 10 years alone have seen White emerge from relative obscurity to front three marquee bands — the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather (with whom White is already plotting a new album) — plus produce country legends like Loretta Lynn and [...]
Quick: Name the Boston-area club whose stage has been graced by Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Loretta Lynn, Tiny Tim, the Dropkick Murphys and art thief/rock singer Myles...
As we head into winter, one thing that should get you through the cold weather ahead is the thought that summer music festival season is right around the corner. To help get your head in place, here’s the announcement of the dates & early-bird tickets for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival . Now in its ninth year, Bonnaroo 2010 will take place from June 10-13 with organizers offering...
The Dead Weather’s debut Horehound isn’t even a year old, but they’re already plotting their next album. Earlier this week, the band told Rolling Stone they will hit the studio soon to work on their follow-up LP, which could be finished by the time they embark on their Australian tour in March. “We’ll probably be [...]
The Dead Weather @ Home Sweet Home in July (more by Ryan Muir) The Dead Weather will be performing at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight (11/17) with an opening set by Ecstatic Peace-signed Australians Violent Soho. To go with that,...
When Jack White produced and performed on Loretta Lynn’s brilliant Van Lear Rose album, he not only proved that his skills as an exuberant frontman could be just as affecting from outside the spotlight, but he also showed the world that a 70-something-year-old country music legend could still rock out as hard as the Guitar Center generation. Well, a lot has happened since then (White’s...
Rockabilly icon WANDA JACKSON's next album will have a modern spin - she's hired WHITE STRIPES star JACK WHITE to produce it.The singer and ex-girlfriend of Elvis...