Name Jorma Kaukonen Best known for Founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. And, husband and world traveler and general philosopher. Current city Athens, Ohio… Home of Ohio University. Really want to be in My dream city is Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. I would be drinking espresso and enjoying the local seafood caught that day followed by a […]
Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. It may have been the most profitable international merger in rock history. In 1974, the long-running British band Fleetwood Mac joined forces with the members of the American folk rock duo Buckingham […]
It’s that time of the year once again, when we start reckoning with what everyone on our gift list will be getting for the holidaze. Of course, the music lovers in your life should be the easiest to get for, or so you might think. Sure, it’s easy to just give someone an Amazon gift […]
Lists like this are set up to fail, and, in line with the inevitable, this one fails too. But we never kidded ourselves, nor intended to kid you, that we could succeed in definitively choosing the 40 greatest, most important, creative, and successful music makers in the last 40 years. Many great artists didn’t make […]
My Chemical Romance have secured a drool-worthy slate of opening acts for their summer 2026 European stadium shows, which begin June 30 in Liverpool, England, with support from Echo & the Bunnymen. From there, Idlewild will open July 4 in Glasgow, while Skunk Anansie (July 8), Joan Jett (July 10) and Sunny Day Real Estate […]
Good lord, how is it already that time of year again? Friendsgiving to Thanksgiving to Black Friday to Small Business Saturday to Cyber Monday to Giving Tuesday. Bang-Bang-Bang! I’m here for the spectacle and gearing up for some glorious gluttony. Today, I’ve got a quick rundown of some music, culture, and gifting moments you should […]
Paul and Earl Hudson were born to a Jamaican mother and an American father who worked as a mechanic for the U.S. Air Force, and they moved all over the country before settling down in Washington, D.C. In 1976, the Hudson brothers formed a jazz fusion band called Mind Power, Paul on vocals and Earl […]
As tipped here in April, Nas and DJ Premier have re-teamed for the collaborative album Light-Years, which will be released Dec. 12 on the former’s Mass Appeal label. The project is part of the Legend Has It… series, which has brought forth new albums this year from fellow rap legends Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, […]
FKA twigs, Sturgill Simpson and Will Oldham are acting in the upcoming film The Lonely Woman, which stars Chloë Sevigny and will serve as the first feature directed by electronic duo Boy Harsher (Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller). Per Deadline, the movie has wrapped filming in upstate New York and will premiere sometime next year. […]
Jazz pianist Gerald Clayton has a new album. We have a few questions. After a couple of decades as one of his field’s most inventive, talented and in-demand players, he wanted to try something different. So he made Ones & Twos with the idea that listeners could play sides one and two simultaneously. Each of […]